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Added 8 October 2026

espouse

/ɪˈspaʊz/ verb

Latin root: spōnsāre Wiktionary

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To marry.
To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

Origin

From Middle English espousen, borrowed from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre (frequentative of spondeō), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-.

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