deny vs espouse

deny

verb
  • To disallow or reject. 

  • To assert that something is not true. 

  • To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. 

  • To refuse to give or grant something to someone. 

  • To take something away from someone; to deprive of. 

  • To prevent from scoring. 

espouse

verb
  • To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause). 

  • To become/get married to. 

How often have the words deny and espouse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )