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   [in-ter-mar-ee]
verb (used without object), in·ter·mar·ried, in·ter·mar·ry·ing.
1.
to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
2.
to marry within one's family.
3.
to marry outside one's religion, ethnic group, etc.
4.
to marry.
Origin:
1565–75; inter- + marry1
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intermarry (ˌɪntəˈmærɪ)
 
—vb , -ries, -rying, -ried
1.  (of different groups, races, religions, creeds, etc) to become connected by marriage
2.  to marry within one's own family, clan, group, etc
 
inter'marriage
 
—n

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intermarry
1574, "to marry one another," from inter- + marry. Meaning "to marry across families, castes, tribes, etc." is from 1611.
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