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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪˈspaʊz/ [UK], /ɪˈspaʊs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-espouse.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-espouse2.wav , En-us-espouse.oga Forms: espouses [present, singular, third-person], espousing [participle, present], espoused [participle, past], espoused [past]
Rhymes: -aʊz, -aʊs Etymology: From Middle English espousen, borrowed from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre, present active infinitive of spōnsō (frequentative of spondeō), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|espousen}} Middle English espousen, {{der|en|fro|espouser}} Old French espouser, {{der|en|la|spōnsāre}} Latin spōnsāre, {{der|en|ine-pro|*spend-}} Proto-Indo-European *spend- Head templates: {{en-verb}} espouse (third-person singular simple present espouses, present participle espousing, simple past and past participle espoused)
  1. (transitive) To marry. Tags: transitive Translations (to marry): женя се (ženja se) (Bulgarian), vdát se [perfective] (Czech), oženit se [perfective] (Czech), vdávat se [imperfective] (Czech), ženit se [imperfective] (Czech), trouwen met (Dutch), in het huwelijk treden met (Dutch), tot man nemen (Dutch), tot vrouw nemen (Dutch), geedziĝi je (Esperanto), épouser (French), heiraten (German), ehelichen (German), sich vermählen mit (German), zur Frau nehmen (German), zum Mann nehmen (German), die Ehe eingehen mit (German), poślubić (Polish), ożenić się (Polish), wyjść za mąż (Polish), desposar (Portuguese), вступа́ть в бра́к (vstupátʹ v brák) (Russian), жени́ться (ženítʹsja) [neuter] (Russian), desposar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-espouse-en-verb-~y3VMygu Disambiguation of 'to marry': 97 3
  2. (transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause). Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (accept, support, take as one’s own): поддържам (poddǎržam) (Bulgarian), vzít za své [perfective] (Czech), přijmout [perfective] (Czech), brát za své [imperfective] (Czech), přijímat [imperfective] (Czech), verdedigen (Dutch), aannemen (Dutch), ondersteunen (Dutch), subteni (Esperanto), apogi (Esperanto), adopti (Esperanto), omaksua (Finnish), kannattaa (Finnish), épouser (French), adopter (French), eintreten für (German), Partei ergreifen für (German), ενστερνίζομαι (ensternízomai) (Greek), ασπάζομαι (aspázomai) (Greek), apoiar (Portuguese), подде́рживать (alt: иде́ю) (Russian), отдава́ться (alt: де́лу) (Russian), propugnar (Spanish), anamma (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-espouse-en-verb-ii0PwW8D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'accept, support, take as one’s own': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: espousal, sponsor, spouse

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1998, William Croft, “The Projection of Arguments”, in Miriam Butt, Wilhelm Geuder, editors, Event Structure in Argument Linking, page 37:",
          "text": "Although Dowty’s proposal is attractive from the point of view of the alternative argument linking theory that I am espousing, since it eschews the use of thematic roles and thematic role hierarchies, […], but it still has some drawbacks.",
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          "text": "Although Dowty’s proposal is attractive from the point of view of the alternative argument linking theory that I am espousing, since it eschews the use of thematic roles and thematic role hierarchies, […], but it still has some drawbacks.",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ženja se",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "женя се"
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      "sense": "to marry",
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      "sense": "to marry",
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      "word": "ženit se"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "trouwen met"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "in het huwelijk treden met"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "tot man nemen"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "tot vrouw nemen"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "geedziĝi je"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "épouser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "heiraten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "ehelichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "sich vermählen mit"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "zur Frau nehmen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "zum Mann nehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "die Ehe eingehen mit"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "poślubić"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "ożenić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "wyjść za mąż"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "desposar"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vstupátʹ v brák",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "вступа́ть в бра́к"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ženítʹsja",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "жени́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to marry",
      "word": "desposar"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poddǎržam",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "поддържам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vzít za své"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "přijmout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "verdedigen"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "aannemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "ondersteunen"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "subteni"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "apogi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "adopti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "omaksua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "kannattaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "épouser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "adopter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "eintreten für"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "Partei ergreifen für"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ensternízomai",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "ενστερνίζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aspázomai",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "ασπάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "apoiar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "иде́ю",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "подде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "alt": "де́лу",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "отдава́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "propugnar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "accept, support, take as one’s own",
      "word": "anamma"
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}

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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": otdavátʹsja (délu) vs. де́лу",
  "path": [
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