remarry
verb
re·mar·ry
(ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ē 
-ˈma-rē
remarried; remarrying
: to marry again
"… So they got divorced. But they loved each other, so after a break of 10 years, they remarried …"—
Linda Hashim
Linda Hashim… eventually separated and divorced, but though each remarried, they remained close …—Margo Jefferson
Margo JeffersonShe 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
Edward Kosner
Examples of remarry in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
When his mother remarried and moved to Omaha, his grandmother raised him full time.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Maddie and Mackenzie have twin step-siblings After divorcing Maddie and Mackenzie’s father, mom Melissa remarried Greg Gisoni in 2013.
—Mckinley Franklin, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
Patrick left the family, then remarried and divorced again multiple times.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
After remarrying, her parents each had more children, so Darcy has generational differences with her own siblings, the youngest of whom is 16 years younger than her.
—Deb Gordon, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
My mom recently remarried after divorcing my dad two years ago.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
Willis remarried and also has two daughters with his wife Emma Heming Willis.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Allen remarried in 2020 to Stranger Things star David Harbour in an intimate wedding during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Louis remarried, and the family eventually settled in the Bronx, where Candice started her first diary on New Year’s Day, 1962.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Maddie and Mackenzie have twin step-siblings After divorcing Maddie and Mackenzie’s father, mom Melissa remarried Greg Gisoni in 2013.
—Mckinley Franklin, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
Patrick left the family, then remarried and divorced again multiple times.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
After remarrying, her parents each had more children, so Darcy has generational differences with her own siblings, the youngest of whom is 16 years younger than her.
—Deb Gordon, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
My mom recently remarried after divorcing my dad two years ago.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
Willis remarried and also has two daughters with his wife Emma Heming Willis.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Allen remarried in 2020 to Stranger Things star David Harbour in an intimate wedding during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Louis remarried, and the family eventually settled in the Bronx, where Candice started her first diary on New Year’s Day, 1962.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1523, in the meaning defined above
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remarry
verb
re·mar·ry
rē-ˈmar-ē
: to marry again : to marry after an earlier marriage
remarriage
noun
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