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

In the years since, McPartland remarried twice, had two younger sons with no biological tie to their older brother’s dad and has been a stepmom to two teenagers for the last decade. — Deepti Hajela, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The couple divorced after their deaths and Patrick Clancy remarried. — Mike Toole, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

In the years since, McPartland remarried twice, had two younger sons with no biological tie to their older brother's dad and has been a stepmom to two teenagers for the last decade. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Leaving him was necessary, and the woman is now happily remarried. — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

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