All 4 Uses of
espouse
in
Middlemarch
- She had never thought that any man could love her except Fred, who had espoused her with the umbrella ring, when she wore socks and little strapped shoes; still less that she could be of any importance to Mr. Farebrother, the cleverest man in her narrow circle.†
Chpt 5
- Who would not, when there was the pretext of casting disgrace upon him, confound his whole life and the truths he had espoused, in one heap of obloquy?†
Chpt 5
- But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude, he felt that the resolution would well become her.†
Chpt 6 *
- She knew, when she locked her door, that she should unlock it ready to go down to her unhappy husband and espouse his sorrow, and say of his guilt, I will mourn and not reproach.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
take up a cause, theory, or other idea