e 1 s 1 p 3 o 1 u 1 s 1 e 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
verb take in marriage
verb take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
originFrom Middle English espousen, borrowed from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre (frequentative of spondeō), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-.
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