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

Following his parents split, his mother remarried and moved the family to Greenwich Village. — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026

Unwilling to compromise her dignity, the Empress acquiesces to the Emperor’s request on one condition – that she be allowed to remarry rival Crown Prince Heinrey of the Western Kingdom. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026

Wedding Bells Hedren remarried talent agent and producer Noel Marshall in 1964. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Nov. 2026

Unwilling to compromise her dignity, Navier acquiesces to the emperor’s request on one condition — that she be allowed to remarry rival Crown Prince Heinrey (Lee Jongsuk) of the Western Kingdom. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 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