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mar⋅ried

[mar-eed]
–adjective
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.
–noun
6. Usually, marrieds. married couples or married people: young marrieds moving into their first home.

Origin:
1325–75; ME; see marry 1 , -ed 2


mar⋅ried⋅ly, adverb
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un·mar·ried   (ŭn-mār'ēd)   
adj.  Not married; having no spouse.
n.  One who is not married.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unmarried 
1297, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of marry.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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