remarry

verb

re·​mar·​ry (ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ē How to pronounce remarry (audio)
-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 How to pronounce remarry (audio)
-ˈma-rij
noun
plural remarriages
a happy remarriage with two children

Examples of remarry in a Sentence

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Two years later, their mother remarried. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025 Those duties continued, even after her father got remarried about a year after getting divorced. Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025 Her mother moved to the United States, remarried, and had other children. Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025 After their parents divorced in 2016, David remarried and welcomed Olivia and Henry. Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for remarry

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of remarry was in 1523

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“Remarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remarry. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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remarry

verb
re·​mar·​ry
rē-ˈmar-ē
: to marry again : to marry after an earlier marriage
remarriage
-ij
noun

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