espouse

verb (espouses, espoused, espousing)

«espouse» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To take up a cause and support it warmly, often as your own. tree →
(old use) To marry someone. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, a hero espouses the cause of the poor or of a weaker people against a tyrant

Examples

She warmly espoused the cause of the poor. tree →
The knight espoused the cause of the village. tree →
In the old tale, the prince espoused the princess. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, it means to betroth a woman to a man, here a female servant betrothed to her master or his son.

Interpretation. The law of the Hebrew maidservant says the master who takes her as a wife, or gives her to his son, must treat her as a free daughter and not as a slave; the rabbis read this as protecting her dignity.

Examples

And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. (Torah EXO.21.9, JPS 1917) tree →
If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. (Torah EXO.21.8, JPS 1917) tree →
For as a young man espouseth a virgin, so shall thy sons espouse thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Prophets ISA.62.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «espouse» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«espouse» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «espouse» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«espouse» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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