Sekirov Dictionary

marry

/ˈmæɹi/

verb 10
exclamation 1
forms 6
phrases 6

verb10

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to become a husband or a wife, usually at a wedding
- Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
- I forfeited my inheritance and married outside my parents' faith.
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To enter into marriage with one another.
- Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.
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To take as husband or wife.
- In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
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(figurative) To join or connect. See also marry up.
- There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’t marry properly.
- I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’t marry with the socket.
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(figurative) To unite; to join together into a close union.
- The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
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To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.
- A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.
- His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
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To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
- He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.
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To acquire by marriage.
- I wanted to marry wealth and power, and got both.
To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.

exclamation1

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(no longer used) A term of asseveration: indeed!, in truth!
- I have chequed him for it, and the young lion repents; marry, not in ashes and sackcloth, but in new silk and old sack. — 1596

forms

married · marriedst · marrying · marries · marrieth · marriest

Phrases with marry

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