Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to espouse
Participle: espoused
Gerund: espousing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | espouse |
| you | espouse |
| he;she;it | espouses |
| we | espouse |
| you | espouse |
| they | espouse |
Perfect
| I | have espoused |
| you | have espoused |
| he;she;it | has espoused |
| we | have espoused |
| you | have espoused |
| they | have espoused |
Past
| I | espoused |
| you | espoused |
| he;she;it | espoused |
| we | espoused |
| you | espoused |
| they | espoused |
Pluperfect
| I | had espoused |
| you | had espoused |
| he;she;it | had espoused |
| we | had espoused |
| you | had espoused |
| they | had espoused |
Future
| I | will espouse |
| you | will espouse |
| he;she;it | will espouse |
| we | will espouse |
| you | will espouse |
| they | will espouse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have espoused |
| you | will have espoused |
| he;she;it | will have espoused |
| we | will have espoused |
| you | will have espoused |
| they | will have espoused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | espouse |
| you | espouse |
| he;she;it | espouse |
| we | espouse |
| you | espouse |
| they | espouse |
Perfect
| I | have espoused |
| you | have espoused |
| he;she;it | have espoused |
| we | have espoused |
| you | have espoused |
| they | have espoused |
Imperfect
| I | espoused |
| you | espoused |
| he;she;it | espoused |
| we | espoused |
| you | espoused |
| they | espoused |
Pluperfect
| I | had espoused |
| you | had espoused |
| he;she;it | had espoused |
| we | had espoused |
| you | had espoused |
| they | had espoused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would espouse |
| you | would espouse |
| he;she;it | would espouse |
| we | would espouse |
| you | would espouse |
| they | would espouse |
Perfect
| I | would have espoused |
| you | would have espoused |
| he;she;it | would have espoused |
| we | would have espoused |
| you | would have espoused |
| they | would have espoused |
Imperative
| you | espouse |
| we | Let's espouse |
| you | espouse |
Verbs conjugated like 'espouse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'espouse'
bespouse,
spouse,
despose,
empose,
esprise,
expose,
souse,
spose,
appose,
arouse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take as one's spouse
- bewed, conjoin, couple, handfast, hitch, join, marry, splice, wed
- advocate
- embrace, support, champion, defend, adopt, uphold
- marry
- betroth, wed
Antonyms
- advocate
- oppose, protest, attack, opponent
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English espousen, borrowed from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre (frequentative of spondeō), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-. See: Old French '
espouser', Latin '
spōnsō'.
Sample Sentences
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For I am iealous ouer you with godly iealousie, for I haue espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 11:2:]
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Now the birth of Iesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Ioseph (before they came together) shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 1:18:]
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Philip and Henry terminated hostilities by a mutual restitution of all places taken during the course of the war; and Philip espoused the princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of France, formerly betrothed to his son Don Carlos. [1759, David Hume, “[Elizabeth I.]”, in The History of England, under the House of Tudor. […], volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 414:]
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Elberich endeavours to persuade her to become a Christian, and espouse Otnit; and to convince her of the incapacity of her gods, he tumbles their images into the fosse. [1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 212:]
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He espoused several wives, and besides kept a considerable number of concubines in his harem. [1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 232:]
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Although Dowty’s proposal is attractive from the point of view of the alternative argument linking theory that I am espousing, since it eschews the use of thematic roles and thematic role hierarchies, […], but it still has some drawbacks. [1998, William Croft, “The Projection of Arguments”, in Miriam Butt, Wilhelm Geuder, editors, Event Structure in Argument Linking, page 37:]
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Those that espoused this ideology […] [2011, Donald J. van Vliet, “Letter: Republicans espouse ideology over national welfare”, in The Eagle-Tribune, retrieved 18 Dec 2013:]
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Among those leavers who believe Brexit has not gone well, many blame politicians for handling it badly – a narrative espoused by the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who recently claimed that “Brexit has failed”. [2023 June 22, Heather Stewart, “Only 18% of leave voters think Brexit has been a success, poll finds”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]