Definition of marry Marry

/mɛˈɹi/ - [meree] - mar•ry

We found 17 definitions of marry from 6 different sources.

What does marry mean?

Verb marries, marrying, married
marry - take in marriage
		get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
		unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge"
		inmarry marry within one's own tribe or group; "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry"
		mismarry marry an unsuitable partner
		marry, wed, splice, tie take in marriage
		wive provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
		wive provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
		intermarry marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group
		remarry marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart"
marry - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
		wed, tie, splice
		get hitched with, get married, hook up with, conjoin, marry, wed, espouse take in marriage
		officiate perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
		solemnise, solemnize make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts"

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marry (v. t.)
To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.
marry (v. t.)
To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.
marry (v. t.)
To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
marry (v. t.)
To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.
marry (v. t.)
Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
marry (v. i.)
To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
marry (interj.)
Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.

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To hold both together, and by pressure haul in both equally. Also so to join the ends of two ropes, that they will pass through a block.

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Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
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Bachelors, before you marry, Have a house wherein to tarry.
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If you regard old saws, mind, thus they say, 'Tis bad to marry in the month of May.

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