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espouse [Brit ɪˈspaʊz, ɛˈspaʊz, Am ɪˈspaʊz] VB trans

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1. espouse form cause:

espouse

épouser, embrasser

2. espouse (marry):

espouse archaic

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to adopt, to espouse

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espouse [ɪ·ˈspaʊz] VB trans form (support)

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espouse

espouse belief

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épouser idées, cause

to espouse

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Reserve divisions were kept approximately 15mi km behind the front lines instead of assembling close behind the second line as espoused by the defence-in-depth doctrine. en.wikipedia.org

Longitudinal research demonstrates that people's personality trajectories can often be explained by the social roles they espoused and relinquished throughout their life stages. en.wikipedia.org

Beginning in the 12th century, they espoused strict breeding that promoted purity and hardiness. en.wikipedia.org

The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war. en.wikipedia.org

Instead of espousing the interests of the throne, he joined the insurgent comuneros. en.wikipedia.org

She appears to have been espoused to her first husband during the 1530s and married for the first time in 1543. en.wikipedia.org

In 1980, she was again imprisoned for espousing antistate views in her newspaper writing, this time for thirty-five days. en.wikipedia.org

In his latest book he also espouses the benefits of yoga to improve flexibility. en.wikipedia.org

However, secular forces emerged from the revolution espousing principles shared with religious groups: freedom, social justice and dignity. en.wikipedia.org

Individuals tend to espouse theories, which are what they intend to follow, and theories-in-use, which are what they actually do. en.wikipedia.org

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