espouse
Verbs
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(v) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- She followed the feminist movement
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals
- (v) take in marriage get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed, conjoin,
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(v) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- She embraced Catholicism
- They adopted the Jewish faith