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espouse
late 15c., "to take as spouse, marry," from O.Fr.
espouser
(Fr.
épouser
), from L.
sponsare
, pp. of
spondere
(see
espousal
). Extended sense of "adopt, embrace" a cause, party, etc., is from 1620s. Related:
Espoused
;
espouses
;
espousing
.
