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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Espouse \Es*pouse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Espoused}; p. pr & vb n. {Espousing}.] [OF. espouser, esposer, F. ['e]pouser, L. sponsare to betroth, espouse, fr sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise solemnly or sacredly. Cf {Spouse}.] 1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse. A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph. --Luke i. 27. 2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry. Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse. --Shak. 3. To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own to take up the cause of to adopt; to embrace. ``He espoused that quarrel.'' --Bacon. Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war. --Bp. Burnet.
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