espoused 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of espousednext
as in married

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espoused

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verb

past tense of espouse
1
as in matched
to give in marriage a couple eager to espouse their eldest daughter

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2
as in wedded
to take as a spouse heeded his father's advice to espouse someone with whom he had common interests

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3
as in borrowed
to take for one's own use (something originated by another) after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for espoused
  1. married
  2. borrowed
  3. adopted
  4. conjugal
  5. marital
Adjective
  • The host of the new podcast is married to former Philadelphia Eagles player, Jason Kelce, whose brother, Travis Kelce, is dating pop superstar Taylor Swift.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Good Fortune, my last one, was being in a serious relationship, and getting engaged, and married, and taking those next steps of being an out person, or dealing with that taste of adulthood.
    Them, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of married
Verb
  • Most of the money borrowed by the government to spend on its citizens, actually comes from them and to them the debt is an asset, on which they get paid interest.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • With borrowing, an individual is seeking near-term access to resources from a lender who is willing to give up resource access in the near term in return for greater access (money borrowed plus interest) in the future.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of borrowed
Verb
  • One hurdle for many software providers can be the pace of deploying automation because updates need to be tested and evaluated, which can impact how quickly automation is adopted.
    Igor Rikalo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of adopted
Adjective
  • The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • The female-nude painting hanging over her conjugal bed satirizes a freaky tendency that rocks her marital arrangement — an unsettling tour de force from Breillat.
    Armond White, National Review, 26 June 2024
Definition of conjugal
Adjective
  • Daniels and Chase brought more oomph to their characters’ romantic entanglement, which has left Lady Larken happily if inconveniently with child, a springboard for the whole screwy marital plot.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But Alice overhears the marital spat, perceiving Nick’s remarks to mean that Max is a roadblock in his life.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of marital
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