ESPOUSED
Verb
espoused
simple past tense and past participle of espouse
Source: Wiktionary
ESPOUSE
Es*pouse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espoused; p. pr. & vb. n. Espousing.]
Etym: [OF. espouser, esposer, F. épouser, L. sponsare to betroth,
espouse, fr. sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise solemnly
or sacredly. Cf. Spouse.]
1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph. Luke i. 27.
2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.
Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . And in the sacred Pantheon her
espouse. Shak.
3. 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. "He espoused that
quarrel." Bacon.
Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the
war. Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition