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The definition of marry is to become wedded to someone and become a husband or wife, or the act of pronouncing a couple as wed, or the act of joining two things together.

(verb)

When you give someone a wedding ring and say "I do," this is an example of a situation where you marry.

See marry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb married, marrying

1. to join as spouses; unite in wedlock
2. to join (a man) to a woman as her husband, or (a woman) to a man as his wife
to take as spouse; take in marriage
to join closely or intimately; unite

Origin: ME marien < OFr marier < L maritare < maritus, a husband, married, prob. < IE base *meri, young wife, akin to *meryo, young man > Sans márya-, man, young man, suitor

intransitive verb

to get married; take a spouse
to enter into a close or intimate relationship; unite

Related Forms:

marrier noun

interjection

Archaic used to express surprise, anger, etc., or, sometimes, merely to provide emphasis

Origin: euphemistic respelling of (the Virgin) Mary

See marry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb mar·ried, mar·ry·ing, mar·ries

verb, transitive

a. To join in marriage: They have been married for 25 years.
b. To take as a spouse: She married him two years ago.
c. To give in marriage.
To perform a marriage ceremony for: The rabbi married the couple.
To obtain by marriage: marry money.
Nautical To join (two ropes) end to end by interweaving their strands.
To unite in a close, usually permanent way: “His material marries the domestic and the exotic” (Clifton Fadiman).