Espouse
Espouse verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).
Usage example: after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| sense | espouse sense | foster sense |
| idea | espouse idea | foster idea |
| order | espouse order | foster order |
| perspective | espouse perspective | foster perspective |
| Other words: virtues. | ||
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Foster and Espouse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/espouse/foster
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