espoused

[ ih-spouzd, -spousd ]

/ ɪˈspaʊzd, -ˈspaʊsd /

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adjective

embraced or adopted, as an idea, principle, or cause:There was an immediate negative reaction to his clearly espoused beliefs on the subject.

Archaic. married:Once while I was in medical school, my recently espoused wife was persuaded to come and see me do a post-mortem.

Archaic. engaged or betrothed:Espoused couples desiring to be married by the Ministerial Staff are required to complete the six-week preparation course.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of espouse.

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Origin of espoused

espouse + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM espoused

un·es·poused, adjective

Words nearby espoused

Espoo, esports, Esposito, espousal, espouse, espoused, espressivo, espresso, esprit, esprit de corps, esprit de l'escalier

How to use espoused in a sentence

For a lot of fringe figures like anti-vaxxers, flat-earthers, and QAnon conspiracy theorists, espousing an extreme belief is not necessarily about the truth.
It’s time to raise the cost of spreading conspiracy theories|Matthew Heimer|January 14, 2021|Fortune
While I favor many of the programs espoused by the progressive left they must recognize how the country votes and how the country views their proposals as currently presented.
Bidens should first live in Blair House|Peter Rosenstein|December 3, 2020|Washington Blade
We are a family … Trainers who espouse the pack metaphor extract the “hierarchy” component and ignore the social context from which it emerges.
Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (Ep. 436)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 22, 2020|Freakonomics
Other doctors and epidemiologists who have signed on to the declaration espouse views that are largely rejected by the scientific community, including the notion that herd immunity would only require 10% to 20% of the population to be infected.
The myth—and danger—of COVID herd immunity|Sy Mukherjee|October 14, 2020|Fortune

Whether or not the answer that you gave me to espouse was correct is a different question.
Full Transcript: Sean Spicer on ‘The Carlos Watson Show’|Daniel Malloy|August 26, 2020|Ozy
It is the kind of compassion espoused by every world religion and every revered religious leader.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But such an approach works against the traditional pride in self-sufficiency espoused by many in the American middle class.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the values of Chabad rest uneasily alongside the values publicly espoused in the Booker-Boteach-Hecht show.
Cory Booker’s Rabbis|Peter Beinart|June 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This was the same all-too-easy-to-articulate ideological trinity regularly espoused by the military junta.
The Legacy of Argentina’s Dirty War Is a Problem for Lots of People|Mark Szuchman|March 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Pearce, Ready said, espoused “neo-Nazi philosophy completely.”
Jason Todd Ready, an Arizona White Supremacist, Kills Four, Then Himself|Terry Greene Sterling|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He warmly espoused the interests of his country, and many important measures were effected by his eloquence.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father's cause and the Doctor remained neutral.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
She then espoused the second clerk, Berthier, in 1837, after having been on the point of accepting Lousteau.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
The influence of Constantine seems to have been fraught with more of evil than of good to the new religion that he espoused.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Having espoused the party of the Persians, Pixodarus sent for a satrap to share the kingdom with him.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo