with objectTo espouse again:(a) to take again as a spouse, to marry again (chiefly figurative; now rare); (b) to reattach oneself to, readopt (a cause, doctrine, etc.).
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Joshua Sylvester (d. 1618), poet and translator. From re- + espouse.
Definition of re-espouse in US English:
re-espouse
verb
with objectTo espouse again:(a) to take again as a spouse, to marry again (chiefly figurative; now rare); (b) to reattach oneself to, readopt (a cause, doctrine, etc.).
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Joshua Sylvester (d. 1618), poet and translator. From re- + espouse.