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marry (mar′ē)

transitive verb married -·ried, marrying -·ry·ing

    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
  2. to take as spouse; take in marriage
  3. to join closely or intimately; unite

Etymology: 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

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

Related Forms:

marry Idioms

marry off

to give in marriage they married off the last of their children
marry2 definition

marry (mar′ē)

interjection

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

Etymology: euphemistic respelling of (the Virgin) Mary

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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