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mar·ry1 
[mar-ee] Pronunciation Key verb, -ried, -ry·ing.
—Related forms
[mar-ee] Pronunciation Key verb, -ried, -ry·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME marien < OF marier < L marītāre to wed, deriv. of marītus conjugal, akin to mās male (person)]
] —Related forms
mar·ri·er, noun
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mar·ry2
[mar-ee] Pronunciation Key
[mar-ee] Pronunciation Key –interjection Archaic.
| (used as an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, etc.) |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mar·ry 1
(mār'ē) Pronunciation Key
v. mar·ried, mar·ry·ing, mar·ries v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English marien, from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre, from marītus, married.] |
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| mar·ry 2
(mār'ē) Pronunciation Key
interj. Archaic Used as an exclamation of surprise or emphasis. [Middle English Marie, the Virgin Mary, ultimately from Greek Maria; see Mary1.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
marry (v.)
marry (v.)
1297, from O.Fr. marier, from L. maritare "to wed, marry, give in marriage," from maritus "married man, husband," of uncertain origin, perhaps ult. from "provided with a *mari," a young woman, from PIE base *meri- "young wife," akin to *meryo- "young man" (cf. Skt. marya- "young man, suitor"). Said from 1530 of the priest, etc., who performs the rite.
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marry (interj.)
marry (interj.)
a common oath in the Middle Ages, c.1350, now obsolete, a corruption of the name of the Virgin Mary.
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| marry | |
verb | |
| 1. | take in marriage |
| 2. | perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Marry
Mar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Married; p. pr. & vb. n. Marrying.] [OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband, fr. mas, maris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritral.]1. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place. Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself. --Gay. 2. To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4. A woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and being now a widow, was prohibited to marry. --Evelyn. 3. To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife. M[ae]cenas took the liberty to tell him [Augustus] that he must either marry his daughter [Julia] to Agrippa, or take away his life. --Bacon. 4. To take for husband or wife. See the Note below. Note: We say, a man is married to or marries a woman; or, a woman is married to or marries a man. Both of these uses are equally well authorized; but given in marriage is said only of the woman. They got him [the Duke of Monmouth] . . . to declare in writing, that the last king [Charles II.] told him he was never married to his mother. --Bp. Lloyd. 5. Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you. --Jer. iii. 14. To marry ropes. (Naut.) (a) To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time. (b) To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Marry
Mar"ry\, v. i. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. I will, therefore, that the younger women marry. --1 Tim. v. 14. Marrying man, a man disposed to marry. [Colloq.]
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Marry
Mar"ry\, interj. Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary. [Obs.] --Shak.
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