espouse vs wive

espouse and wive both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
espouse	No	No	Yes	No
wive	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, wive is a hyponym of espouse; that is, wive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than espouse:

Other hyponyms of espouse include inmarry, mismarry, intermarry, remarry.

espouse (verb)	wive (verb)
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own	provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans	marry a woman, take a wife
take in marriage; married	take (someone) as a wife