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Webster 1913 Edition
Espouser
Es-pous′er
,Noun.
One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
Webster 1828 Edition
Espouser
ESPOUS'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
espouser
espouser
English
Noun
espouser (plural espousers)
- One who espouses; one who embraces or adopts the cause of another.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre, present active infinitive of spōnsō.
Verb
espouser
- (transitive) to marry
Synonyms
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of espouser
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | espouser | avoir espousé | |||||
| gerund | en espousant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | espousant | ||||||
| past participle | espousé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | espouse | espouses | espouse | espousons | espousez | espousent |
| imperfect | espousois, espousoys | espousois, espousoys | espousoit, espousoyt | espousions, espousyons | espousiez, espousyez | espousoient, espousoyent | |
| past historic | espousa | espousas | espousa | espousasmes | espousastes | espouserent | |
| future | espouserai, espouseray | espouseras | espousera | espouserons | espouserez | espouseront | |
| conditional | espouserois, espouseroys | espouserois, espouseroys | espouseroit, espouseroyt | espouserions, espouseryons | espouseriez, espouseryez | espouseroient, espouseroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | espouse | espouses | espouse | espousons | espousez | espousent |
| imperfect | espousasse | espousasses | espousast | espousassions | espousassiez | espousassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | espouse | — | espousons | espousez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: épouser
Old French
Etymology
From Latin spōnsāre, present active infinitive of spōnsō.
Verb
espouser
- (transitive) to marry
Synonyms
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:espouser.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. This verb has a stressed present stem espeus distinct from the unstressed stem espous. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of espouser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | espouser | avoir espousé | |||||
| gerund | en espousant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | espousant | ||||||
| past participle | espousé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | espeus | espeuses | espeuse | espousons | espousez | espeusent |
| imperfect | espousoie, espouseie, espousoe, espouseve | espousoies, espouseies, espousoes, espouseves | espousoit, espouseit, espousot, espouseve | espousiiens, espousiens | espousiiez, espousiez | espousoient, espouseient, espousoent, espousevent | |
| preterite | espousai | espousas | espousa | espousames | espousastes | espouserent | |
| future | espouserai | espouseras | espousera | espouserons | espouseroiz, espousereiz, espouserez | espouseront | |
| conditional | espouseroie, espousereie | espouseroies, espousereies | espouseroit, espousereit | espouseriiens, espouseriens | espouseriiez, espouseriez | espouseroient, espousereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | espeus | espeus | espeust | espousons | espousez | espeusent |
| imperfect | espousasse | espousasses | espousast | espousissons, espousissiens | espousissoiz, espousissez, espousissiez | espousassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | espeuse | — | espousons | espousez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle English: espousen
- English: to espouse
- Middle French: espouser
- French: épouser
- Walloon: spozer