espouses

verb

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

take in marriage

choose and follow

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The word espouses breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root spous-, from Latin sponsus (“betrothed”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.