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 Definitions of Marry  [ˈmær i]  

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Definition of 'Marry' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) marry
to take as a husband or wife; take in marriage.

2.  marry
to perform the marriage ceremony for; join in wedlock.

3.  marry
to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of:
married off all their children.

4.  marry
to join or unite intimately.

5.  marry
to gain through marriage:
to marry money.

6. (v.i.) marry
to take a husband or wife; wed.

7.  marry
to unite closely or agreeably; blend:
This wine and cheese marry well.

8. (Archaic.) marry
(used to express surprise or emphasis.)

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME; euphemistic var. of

Definition of 'Marry' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
take in marriage

2. (verb) marry, wed, tie, splice
perform a marriage ceremony
"The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"


Definition of 'Marry' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) marry
get married
to officially become sb's husband or wife
She was just 18 when she married him.; I don't think he'll ever marry.

2.  marry
to perform the marriage ceremony
It was the family priest who married them.


Definition of 'Marry' Webster Dictionary 

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

2. (verb) Marry
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

3. (verb) Marry
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

4. (verb) Marry
to dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife

5. (verb) Marry
to take for husband or wife. See the Note below

6. (verb) Marry
figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation

7. (verb) Marry
to enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife


Translation of 'Marry' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to take (a person) as one's husband or wife
John married my sister; They married in church.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: trou Arabic flag Arabic: يَتزَوَّج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: оженвам се/омъжвам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: casar Czech flag Czech: oženit se, vdát se German flag German: heiraten
Danish flag Danish: gifte sig; blive gift Greek flag Greek: παντρεύομαι Spanish flag Spanish: casarse
Estonian flag Estonian: abielluma Farsi flag Farsi: ازدواج کردن Finnish flag Finnish: avioitua
French flag French: épouser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִינָשֵא Hindi flag Hindi: विवाह करना
Croatian flag Croatian: oženiti se, udati se Hungarian flag Hungarian: elvesz, hozzámegy; házass Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengawini
Icelandic flag Icelandic: giftast, kvænast Italian flag Italian: sposare, sposarsi Japanese flag Japanese: 結婚する
Korean flag Korean: 남편(아내)으로 맞이하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vesti, tekėti, tuoktis Latvian flag Latvian: precēt; precēties, laulāt
Malay flag Malay: berkahwin Dutch flag Dutch: trouwen Norwegian flag Norwegian: gifte seg (med), bli gift
Polish flag Polish: poślubić, wziąć ślub Persian flag Persian: ازدواج کردن Pashto flag Pashto: واده كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: casar Romanian flag Romanian: a se căsători, a se însur Russian flag Russian: жениться; выходить замуж
Slovak flag Slovak: oženiť sa, vydať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: poročiti se Serbian flag Serbian: venčati
Swedish flag Swedish: gifta sig med Thai flag Thai: แต่งงาน Turkish flag Turkish: evlenmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 結婚 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: одружуватися; женитися Urdu flag Urdu: بیاہ کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cưới Chinese flag Chinese: 结婚

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