Definitions for Marry
ˈmær imar·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouseverb

   take in marriage

2. marry, wed, tie, spliceverb

   perform a marriage ceremony

   "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marryverb

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

   Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.

2. marryverb

   To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.

3. marryverb

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

4. marryverb

   To take for husband or wife.

   In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.

5. marryverb

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

   The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.

6. marryverb

   To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses, ostensibly for life; to constitute a marital union according to the laws or customs of the place.

   A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.

7. marryinterjection

   indeed!, in truth!; a term of asseveration.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To MARRYverb

   Etymology: marier, French; maritor, Latin.

   1. To join a man and woman.

   What! shall the curate controul me? Tell him, that he shall marry the couple himself. John Gay, What d’ye call it.

   2. To dispose of in marriage.

   When Augustus consulted with Mecænas about the marriage of his daughter Julia, Mecænas took the liberty to tell him, that he must either marry his daughter to Agrippa, or take away his life; there was no third way, he had made him so great. Francis Bacon, Essays, №. 28.

   3. To take for husband or wife.

   You’d think it strange if I should marry her. William Shakespeare.

   Go in to thy brother’s wife, and marry her. Gen. xxxviii.

   As a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin. Ecclus. xv. 2.

2. To Marryverb

   To enter into the conjugal state.

   He hath my good will,
   And none but he, to marry with Nan Page. William Shakespeare.

   Let them marry to whom they think best. Num. xxxvi. 6.

   Virgil concludes with the death of Turnus; for after that difficulty was removed, Æneas might marry, and establish the Trojans. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marry

   Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is nearly a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Typically, it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. A marriage ceremony is called a wedding. Individuals may marry for several reasons, including legal, social, libidinal, emotional, financial, spiritual, and religious purposes. Whom they marry may be influenced by gender, socially determined rules of incest, prescriptive marriage rules, parental choice, and individual desire. In some areas of the world, arranged marriage, child marriage, polygamy, and forced marriage are practiced. In other areas, such practices are outlawed to preserve women's rights or children's rights (both female and male) or as a result of international law. In some parts of the world, marriage has historically restricted the rights of women, who are (or were) considered the property of the husband. Around the world, primarily in developed democracies, there has been a general trend towards ensuring equal rights for women within marriage (including abolishing coverture, liberalizing divorce laws, and reforming reproductive and sexual rights) and legally recognizing the marriages of interfaith, interracial/interethnic/inter-caste, and same-sex couples. Controversies continue regarding the legal status of married women, leniency towards violence within marriage, customs such as dowry and bride price, forced marriage, marriageable age, and criminalization of premarital and extramarital sex. Female age at marriage has proven to be a strong indicator for female autonomy and is continuously used by economic history research.Marriage can be recognized by a state, an organization, a religious authority, a tribal group, a local community, or peers. It is often viewed as a contract. A religious marriage is performed by a religious institution to recognize and create the rights and obligations intrinsic to matrimony in that religion. Religious marriage is known variously as sacramental marriage in Catholicism, nikah in Islam, nissuin in Judaism, and various other names in other faith traditions, each with their own constraints as to what constitutes, and who can enter into, a valid religious marriage.

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1. marry

   To marry is to become legally united with someone as their spouse in a formal ceremony recognized by law or by a religious institution. This typically implies a mutual commitment to share life together, being bound by duties, rights, and responsibilities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Marryverb

   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

2. Marryverb

   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

3. Marryverb

   to dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife

4. Marryverb

   to take for husband or wife. See the Note below

5. Marryverb

   figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation

6. Marryverb

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

7. Marry

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

8. Etymology: [OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband, fr. mas, maris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritral.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Marry

   mar′i, v.t. to take for husband or wife: to give in marriage: to unite in matrimony.—v.i. to enter into the married state: to take a husband or a wife:—pr.p. marr′ying; pa.t. and pa.p. marr′ied. [Fr. marier—L. maritāre, to marry, maritus, a husband—mas, maris, a male.]

2. Marry

   mar′i, interj. indeed! forsooth! [By Mary.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marry

   To unite in marriage.

   They did commit to marriage as they viewed it, they absolutely adored each other and vowed to unconditional love, unity, support, teamwork, family etc.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020  

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Marry

   A perverted form of the oath “By Mary” in days when people were wont to swear by the Virgin.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MARRY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Marry is ranked #50960 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Marry surname appeared 409 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Marry.
   
   67.9% or 278 total occurrences were White.
   20% or 82 total occurrences were Black.
   7% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.4% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Marry' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3587

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Marry' in Verbs Frequency: #265

How to pronounce Marry?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Marry in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Marry in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Marry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Marry in a Sentence

1. Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or:

   If you marry you will regret it. If you do not marry you will regret it. If you marry or do not marry, you will regret it.

2. Hulk Hogan:

   I mean, I’d rather if she was going to f–k some n—-r, I’d rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n—-r worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we’re all a little racist. F—ing n—-r.

3. Linda Evans:

   I thought, ‘Oh, my God. I think I should die rather than have to go through this,’ i mean, he was… it was just perfection that I was in love with him, that I told my sister when I was a teenager, I would marry him and then I did. I thought, ‘This is [a] God-given gift here, right? It’s not supposed to go away like that. What is this? My dream is not supposed to end like this.’.

4. Sun Wenlin:

   I think from a legal point of view, we should be successful, our marriage law says there is the freedom to marry and gender equality. These words can be applied to same-sex marriage.

5. Anne Marrin:

   Chris Covelli, a Lake County Sheriff’s Office detective, told FoxNews.com. On Sept. 1, 2015, Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz radioed in from a rural area of Fox Lake that Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was getting out of Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz cruiser to check on three suspicious men, two white and one black. A short while later Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was found shot to death, one bullet hitting Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz bulletproof vest, the other striking Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz below the vest, near Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz heart. Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz glasses and other belongings were found strewn around the swampy area, leading investigators to believe the officer engaged in some type of struggle. However, in a stunning twist, police discovered Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz carefully staged Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz suicide to look like murder. Investigators learned the corrupt cop apparently caved under the pressure of living a shocking double life for nearly two decades. It's unheard of in our profession that anyone would think to do something like that and it just shows the emotional state that he must have been in over all of this and knowing that we were getting closer to finding out what was really going on, said Fox Lake Administrator, Anne Marrin. According to investigators, Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from the Fox Lake Explorer program, the' police academy for teens' Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was hailed as a hero for managing for years. Police say Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz used the money for vacations, car repairs and even adult websites. It was also discovered Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz had extramarital affairs and arranged for Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz own mistress to marry Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz son in order to gain added military benefits. Perhaps the biggest bombshell was that Gliniewicz contacted a hit man to have Marrin murdered. It's crazy. I can't describe it any other way.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Marry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Marry
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Marry
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marry
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Marry
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Marry
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Marry
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html