different between espousal vs espouse

English

Etymology

From Middle English espousal, espousaille, from Old French espousailles, from Latin sponsalia (“a betrothal”), neuter plural of sponsalis, from sp?nsus (“one betrothed, a spouse”); see spouse.

Noun

espousal (countable and uncountable, plural espousals)

1. A betrothal.
2. A wedding ceremony.
3. Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea.

Related terms

• espouse
• spouse
• sponsor

Translations

Further reading

• espousal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• espousal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• espousal at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• sepalous

English

Etymology

From Middle English espousen, borrowed from Old French espouser, from Latin sp?ns?re, present active infinitive of sp?ns? (frequentative of sponde?), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??spa?z/
• Rhymes: -a?z, -a?s

Verb

espouse (third-person singular simple present espouses, present participle espousing, simple past and past participle espoused)

1. (transitive) To become/get married to.
2. (transitive) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).
   • 1998, William Croft, Event Structure in Argument Linking, in: Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds., “The Projection of Arguments”, p. 37

     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.

Related terms

• espousal
• sponsor
• spouse

Translations

Anagrams

• poseuse