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

Keeping It in the Family Her daughters and their fiancés work with her today as well, and Natalie is remarried with three bonus children. —Nawbo, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024

The actress remarried in October 2021 to hairstylist Mark Hampton and welcomed their daughter Cleopatra, 2, two months later. —Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024

Husbands had to give their former wives alimony either until the women remarried or died. —Alison Lefkovitz / Made By History, TIME, 23 July 2024

Elvis and Priscilla Presley's Relationship: A Look Back Though the pair divorced in 1972, Priscilla never remarried following their split, even after Elvis’ untimely death in 1977. —Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

remarry

verb

re·​mar·​ry

rē-ˈmar-ē

: to marry again : to marry after an earlier marriage

remarriage

-ij

noun