espouse
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
She followed the feminist movement
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Sense 2 verb
take in marriage
Types & categories
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- marriage ceremony derivation
- married derivation
- splice verb group
Sense 3 verb
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
She embraced Catholicism
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adoption |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | following |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | abide by |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | choose |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adhere |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | marriage ceremony |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | married |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | splice |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | unite |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inmarry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mismarry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | intermarry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | remarry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | borrowing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | embrace |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | accept |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fasten on |