espoused

CEFRC2

/ɪˈspaʊzd/

adjective

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adjective
Publicly supported an idea, belief, or cause.
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adjective
Extra detail
Married, engaged, or in a committed monogamous relationship.

Examples

Kazi Nazrul Islam was a revolutionary poet who espoused political rebellion against colonialism and fascism.
The politician espoused the values of freedom and equal opportunity.

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Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

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Contrary to most espoused wisdom, most distance hikers travel alone.
Yet, all these potential criticisms run counter to the very espoused (if albeit non-universal) types of claims that critical researchers tend to make.
Eliezer immediately brought jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and raiment, and offered them to her as the espoused wife of Isaac.

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Contrary to most espoused wisdom, most distance hikers travel alone.
2009, Don Defreeze, Please Read
Yet, all these potential criticisms run counter to the very espoused (if albeit non-universal) types of claims that critical researchers tend to make.
2009, Carole Brooke, Critical Management Perspectives on Information Systems, page 21
At this early stage, the benefits of Africa's integration have become very espoused by some proactive afrocrats and leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Tafawa Balewa, among others.
2023, Vincent Okwudiba Anyika, Kelechi Johnmary Ani, “Changing Dynamics of African Diplomacy"Concluding Thoughts from Pre-colonial Era to Contemporary Times”, in Kelechi Johnmary Ani, editor, Political Economy of Colonial Relations and Crisis of Contemporary African Diplomacy, page 279
Eliezer immediately brought jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and raiment, and offered them to her as the espoused wife of Isaac.
1866, Alexander Lindsay, Espoused to Christ, page 50
You could daily see a purely white common goose having become a monogamist, being paired with a Canada male bird, taking her lofty aerial flights in company with her foreign mate, forgettering her former, and her naturally domestic habits, appearing now as an espoused partner, and assuming in all her nuptial felicity, the varied habits of her wild paramour.
1866, Richard Hobson, Charles Waterton : His Home, Habits, and Handiwork, page 86

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