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espouseespouse /ɛˈspaʊz, ɪ-/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYespouseOrigin: 1400-1500 Old French espouser, from Latin sponsus; ➔ SPOUSE VERB TABLEespouse |
| Present | I, you, we, they | espouse | | he, she, it | espouses | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | espoused | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have espoused | | he, she, it | has espoused | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had espoused | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will espouse | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have espoused |
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| Present | I | am espousing | | he, she, it | is espousing | | you, we, they | are espousing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was espousing | | you, we, they | were espousing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been espousing | | he, she, it | has been espousing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been espousing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be espousing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been espousing |
► espouse a cause/principle etc. Christian organizations that espouse human rights issues 1formal to believe in and support a political, religious, etc. idea or philosophy: espouse a cause/principle etc. Christian organizations that espouse human rights issues2old use to marry—espousal noun [singular, uncountable] |