disbelieve vs espouse

disbelieve

verb
  • To not believe; to exercise disbelief. 

  • To actively deny (a statement, opinion or perception). 

  • To cease to believe. 

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 disbelieve and espouse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )