espouse
verb (formal)- espouse something
to give your support to a belief, policy, etc. 支持,拥护,赞成(信仰、政策等) Oxford Collocations DictionaryEspouse is used with these nouns as the object:- belief
- idea
- ideal
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘take as a spouse’): from Old French espouser, from Latin sponsare, from sponsus ‘betrothed’, past participle of spondere.