espouse
verb transitive[L. spondeo, sponsus, the letter n, in the latter, must be casual, or the modern languages have lost the letter. The former is most probable; in which case, spondeo was primarily spodeo, sposus.]
espouz’.
espouse
To betroth. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph. Vatihew 1:18.
espouse
To betroth; to promise or engage in marriage, by contract in writing, or by some pledge; as, the king espoused his daughter to a foreign prince. Usually and properly followed by to, rather than with.
espouse
To marry; to wed.
espouse
To unite intimately or indissolubly. I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:2.
espouse
To embrace; to take to one’s self, with a view to maintain; as, to espouse the quarrel of another; to espouse a cause./ .