marry

Speech parts

1. marry - Verb

2. marry - Interjection

Meaning

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.

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.

To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.

To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.

Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.

To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wed espouse get married tie splice conjoin wife tie the knot get hitched hook up with weld marriage married matrimony match
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Antonyms

cleave spall fork separate split divorce
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Hypernyms

unite unify officiate

Hyponyms

remarry intermarry solemnize wive solemnise inmarry

Phrases with the word

Marry Me will you marry me re-marry agreement to marry marry each other promise to marry

Derivatives

married marrying

Examples

The minister married us on Saturday Source: Internet

We were wed the following week Source: Internet

The couple got spliced on Hawaii Source: Internet

About the same time, he met and began to court Kate Hooper, and the two became engaged to marry. Source: Internet

According to the Talmud, a father is commanded not to marry his daughter to anyone until she grows up and says "I want this one". Source: Internet

According to Foster "when he duly asked Maud to marry him, and was duly refused, his thoughts shifted with surprising speed to her daughter." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Marruecos Marrufo Marrujo marry come up marry each other marry for love