What does espouse mean in crosswords?

espouse means: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

Which crossword clues can have espouse as the answer?

Possible clues for espouse include "Adopt".

Word entry · 7 letters

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"Adopt"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈspaʊz/Part of speech verbSorted eeopssuStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word

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take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

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

“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.”
“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.”
“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.”

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