Roleset espouse.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "adopt/have a belief":

Roles:

Arg0:haver of belief


Arg1:belief

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


I'm a Material Girl (-)
The survey found that nearly half of Hong Kong consumers espouse what it identified as materialistic values, compared with about one-third in Japan and the U.S.
Arg0:	nearly half of Hong Kong consumers
REL:	espouse
Arg1:	what it identified as materialistic values

Dictionary also suggests 'espouse' to mean 'take in marriage' (e-spouse), which I've never heard. It also suggests 'give in marriage', making this another one of the rare words in English which is its own antonym.