Married or engaged to; or having adopted and declared support for a particular cause, belief, or idea.
Past tense and past participle of espouse. Functions as an adjective when describing something that has been married to or committed to.
When we say someone 'espoused' a cause, we're using a marriage metaphor in the past tense—it's beautifully poetic language that makes commitment to ideas sound as serious as weddings!
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