ESPOUSED Definition & Meaning

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espoused

[ ih-spouzd, -spousd ]

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adjective

embraced or adopted, as an idea, principle, or cause:
There was an immediate negative reaction to his clearly espoused beliefs on the subject.
Archaic. married:
Once while I was in medical school, my recently espoused wife was persuaded to come and see me do a post-mortem.
Archaic. engaged or betrothed:
Espoused couples desiring to be married by the Ministerial Staff are required to complete the six-week preparation course.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of espouse ( def ).

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of espoused¹

espouse ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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There’s a throughline between the girl power you espoused as part of the Spice Girls and now in writing this story about a powerful young girl for a whole new generation.

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I think of all this with my thoughts punctuated by the grim onslaught of transphobic — and broadly queerphobic — legislation promised to be delivered from Congress and the cultural vitriol espoused by our nation’s sitting president.

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America has long espoused values like equality, fairness, and justice, without fully upholding them for all its citizens.

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Shockingly, they found that in companies in which meritocracy was openly espoused as a core value, men were paid less than women in cases in which both genders had identical performance review evaluations.

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One is budget impoundment, which Trump has already espoused.

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