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Meaning of espouse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  espouse
      v 1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies,
           strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement";
           "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" [syn: {adopt},
           {follow}, {espouse}]
      2: take in marriage [syn: {marry}, {get married}, {wed},
         {conjoin}, {hook up with}, {get hitched with}, {espouse}]
      3: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and
         use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They
         adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: {espouse}, {embrace},
         {adopt}, {sweep up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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