English-Thai Dictionary

espouse

VT นำมาใช้  ยอมรับ มา ใช้  สนับสนุน  adoupt support take up nam-ma-chai

 

espouse

VT สมรส (คำ โบรา ณ  หมั้น  แต่งงาน  betroth marry wed som-rod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESPOUSE

v.t.espouz'. [L. spondeo, sponsus, the letter n, in the latter, must be casual, or the modern languages have lost the letter. The former is most probable; in which case, spondeo was primarily spodeo, sposus.] 1. To betroth.
When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph. Matthew 1:18.
2. To betroth; to promise or engage in marriage, by contract in writing, or by some pledge; as, the king espoused his daughter to a foreign prince. Usually and properly followed by to, rather than with.
3. To marry; to wed.
4. To unite intimately or indissolubly.
I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:2.
5. To embrace; to take to one's self, with a view to maintain; as, to espouse the quarrel of another; to espouse a cause.

 

ESPOUSED

pp. Betrothed; affianced; promised in marriage by contract; married; united intimately; embraced.

 

ESPOUSER

n.One who espouses; one who defends the cause of another.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ESPOUSE

Es *pouse ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espoused; p. pr. & vb. n. Espousing. ]Etym: [OF. espouser, esposer, F. épouser, L. sponsare to betroth, espouse, fr. sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise solemnly or sacredly. Cf. Spouse. ]

 

1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse. A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph. Luke i. 27.

 

2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry. Lavinia will I make my empress, ... And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse. Shak.

 

3. To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace. "He espoused that quarrel. " Bacon. Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war. Bp. Burnet.

 

ESPOUSEMENT

Es *pouse "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. espousement. ]

 

Defn: The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.

 

ESPOUSER

ESPOUSER Es *pous "er, n.

 

Defn: One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

espouse

es pouse |iˈspouz ɪˈspaʊz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life ): he turned his back on the modernism he had espoused in his youth. 2 archaic marry: Edward had espoused the Lady Grey. • (be espoused to ) (of a woman ) be engaged to (a particular man ). DERIVATIVES es pous er noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘take as a spouse ’): from Old French espouser, from Latin sponsare, from sponsus ‘betrothed, ’ past participle of spondere.

 

Oxford Dictionary

espouse

espouse |ɪˈspaʊz, ɛ- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life ): the left has espoused the causes of sexual and racial equality. 2 archaic marry. • (be espoused to ) (of a woman ) be engaged to (a particular man ). DERIVATIVES espouser noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘take as a spouse ’): from Old French espouser, from Latin sponsare, from sponsus ‘betrothed ’, past participle of spondere.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

espouse

espouse verb do you espouse the political beliefs of your parents? adopt, embrace, take up, accept, welcome; support, back, champion, favor, prefer, encourage; promote, endorse, advocate. ANTONYMS reject.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

espouse

espouse verb the government espoused the concept of sustainable economic development: adopt, embrace, take up, take to, take to one's heart, receive enthusiastically /wholeheartedly, accept, welcome; support, back, champion, give help to, help, assist, aid, be on the side of, side with, be in favour of, favour, prefer, abet, aid and abet, encourage; vote for, ally oneself with, stand behind, fall in with, stand up for, defend, take someone's part, take up the cudgels for; sponsor, vouch for, promote, further, endorse, advocate, sanction, approve of, give one's blessing to, smile on; informal stick up for, throw one's weight behind. ANTONYMS reject; oppose.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

espouse

es pouse /ɪspáʊz /動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈主義 意見など 〉を奉じる, 採用する, 支持する, に加担する .2 ｟古 ｠…をめとる, 妻にする ; «…に » …を嫁にやる «to » .