Definition of marry
married
;marrying
transitive verb
1a : to join in marriage according to law or customb : to give in marriage married his daughter to his partner's sonc : to take as spouse : wed married the girl next doord : to perform the ceremony of marriage for a priest will marry theme : to obtain by marriage marry wealth
2 : to unite in close and usually permanent relation
intransitive verb
1 : to take a spouse : wed He first married at twenty.
marry into
: to become a member of by marriage married into a prominent family
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Examples of marry in a Sentence
He married his college sweetheart.
I asked her to marry me.
“Will you marry me?” “Yes, I will.”
They married for love, not money.
The minister has married more than 100 couples.
They hope to have a priest marry them.
They were married by a justice of the peace.
Recent Examples of marry from the Web
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Several weeks later, Scarborough visited Trump at the White House, where Trump offered to marry Scarborough and Brzezinski at the White House.
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The Star Tribune reported that she was engaged to be married in August and was using her fiance's last name.
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If an ambitious women’s studies major decided that her thesis would be a movie in which film-noir tropes of the femme fatale are married to a denunciation of the patriarchy, the result might be very close to William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth.
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The Dancing With the Stars judge married NHL star Brooks Laich in an intimate, outdoor wedding on Saturday near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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The couple married in 1982, and share three children together: Kelly, 32, Jack, 31, and Aimee, 33.
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Newlyweds are now over five times as likely as in the 1960s to be married to a spouse of a different race or ethnicity.
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Women were allowed to choose to be home with their kids without guilt or government penalty, and people still got married and protected the institution of the traditional family.
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The talented couple got married in 1999, meaning that 2017 marks their 18th wedding anniversary.
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Origin and Etymology of marry
Middle English marien, from Anglo-French marier, from Latin maritare, from maritus married
marry
Definition of marry
archaic
—used for emphasis and especially to express amused or surprised agreement
Origin and Etymology of marry
Middle English marie, from Marie, the Virgin Mary
MARRY Defined for English Language Learners
marry
playDefinition of marry for English Language Learners
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: to become the husband or wife of (someone) : to become joined with (someone) in marriage
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: to perform a ceremony in which two people get married
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: to find a husband or wife for (your child)
MARRY Defined for Kids
marry
playDefinition of marry for Students
married
;marrying
1 : to take for husband or wife She married her high school sweetheart.
2 : to become joined in marriage
3 : to join in marriage They were married by a priest.
4 : to give in marriage They married off all their children.
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