[mar-eed] 
| 1. | united in wedlock; wedded: married couples. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to marriage or married persons; connubial; conjugal: married happiness. |
| 3. | (of an antique) created from components of two or more authentic pieces. |
| 4. | interconnected or joined; united. |
| 5. | (of a family name) acquired through marriage. |
| 6. | Usually, marrieds. married couples or married people: young marrieds moving into their first home. |
[mar-ee] verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.| 1. | to take as a husband or wife; take in marriage: Susan married Ed. |
| 2. | to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people who wish to be husband and wife); join in wedlock: The minister married Susan and Ed. |
| 3. | to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of (often fol. by off): Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son. They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home. |
| 4. | to unite intimately: Common economic interests marry the two countries. |
| 5. | to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony. |
| 6. | to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable: The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features. A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations. |
| 7. | Nautical.
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| 8. | to cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients: to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey. |
| 9. | to take a husband or wife; wed. |
| 10. | (of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably; blend: This wine and the strong cheese just don't marry. |
| mar·ried (mār'ēd) adj.
A married person: young marrieds. |
| mar·ry 1 (mār'ē) v. mar·ried, mar·ry·ing, mar·ries v. tr.
[Middle English marien, from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre, from marītus, married.] |
