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Antonyms for espoused

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-spouz, ih-spous
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈspaʊz, ɪˈspaʊs

Definition of espoused

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "to take as spouse, marry," from Old French espouser "marry, take in marriage, join in marriage" (11c., Modern French épouser), from Latin sponsare, past participle of spondere (see espousal).
  • Extended sense of "adopt, embrace" a cause, party, etc., is from 1620s. Related: Espoused; espouses; espousing. For initial e-, see especial.
  • verb stand up for; support
  • verb marry
Example sentences :
  • I do not ask your name, nor do I wish to know which cause you have espoused.
  • Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton
  • And especially, how would she be regarded by her espoused husband?
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • Eventually he returned to the party which he had espoused, and escaped to France.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. » by Mrs. Thomson
  • Lately the Democrats have espoused "free silver," and the Republicans have "buried" them.
  • Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
  • He had been living all these years for himself, was it not time that he espoused some other motive?
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • The dictatorship was fitted to be repudiated by Cincinnatus, and to be espoused by Cæsar.
  • Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
  • Yet it may be mentioned that Braccio had espoused Alfonso's cause.
  • Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds
  • He never exposed a weak point, nor espoused a worthless cause.
  • Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson
  • He took no sides, pronounced no judgment, espoused no cause.
  • Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
  • "That man will kill himself in the cause he has espoused," remarked Debray.
  • Extract from : « Edmond Dants » by Edmund Flagg

Synonyms for espoused

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