espouser

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One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own
{i} one who champions a cause, one who supports an idea or principle; one who marries
espouse
To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause)

Although Dowty’s proposal is attractive from the point of view of the alternative argument linking theory that I am espousing, since it eschews the use of thematic roles and thematic role hierarchies, , but it still has some drawbacks.

espouse
{v} to betroth, engage for marriage, marry, adopt, take upon, maintain, defend
espouse
To become/get married to
espouse
{f} marry; champion a cause, support an idea or principle
espouse
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
espouse
If you espouse a particular policy, cause, or belief, you become very interested in it and give your support to it. She ran away with him to Mexico and espoused the revolutionary cause. to support an idea, belief etc, especially a political one espouse a cause/policy etc (espouser, from sponsus; SPOUSE)
espouse
take in marriage
espouse
To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry
espouse
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith
espouse
To accept, support, or take on as ones own (an idea or a cause)
espouse
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
espouse
To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse
espouse
To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace
espouser

    Hyphenation

    es·pous·er

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ is-'pauz also -'paus ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English, from Middle French espouser, from Late Latin sponsare to betroth, from Latin sponsus betrothed; more at SPOUSE.
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