remarry

verb

re·​mar·​ry (ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ē 

-ˈma-rē

remarried; remarrying

transitive + intransitive

: to marry again

"… So they got divorced. But they loved each other, so after a break of 10 years, they remarried …"

—Linda Hashim

… eventually separated and divorced, but though each remarried, they remained close …

—Margo Jefferson

She divorced her husband soon after the book came out, took up with, married and divorced a local disc jockey, remarried her first husband, dumped him again, and drank herself to death by age 39.

—Edward Kosner

remarriage

(ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ij 

-ˈma-rij

noun

plural remarriages

a happy remarriage with two children

Examples of remarry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her mother, a housewife, later remarried, and Leichtman was raised in a mixed family of five stepchildren. —Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025

After her mother remarried, Rich said there was a lot of fighting and instability in the home. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 5 June 2025

Half of the parents also remarried within five years of divorce, introducing stepparents to children's lives, and adding more dependents to the household as a result. —Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025

Is there pressure to remarry, or would Mahnaz’s plans to do so with Hamid be considered controversial? —Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for remarry

• askari
• astbury
• azeri
• banbury
• barberry
• blackberry
• blueberry
• canary
• cranberry
• dentary
• dewberry
• dogberry

Kids Definition

remarry

verb

re·​mar·​ry

rē-ˈmar-ē

: to marry again : to marry after an earlier marriage

remarriage

-ij

noun