Definitions for marry
ˈmær imar·ry

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Marry

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

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. Bristol Palin:

   Truly the luckiest girl in the world, cannot wait to marry this man!!!!

3. Toni Quinones:

   We're no different than anybody else, we deserve to be able to marry who we love, just like heterosexual couples.

4. Marilyn Moon:

   A lot of people think that Medicare for All sounds nice, but that it is aspirational and very difficult, if not impossible to do in practice, and the buy-in just sounds like it's not a big change. But we quickly realized that the buy-in was very complicated, because you take a complicated program like Medicare, which has a lot of moving parts, and then the even more complex Affordable Care Act structure and you try to marry the two in some way. It's very difficult to do.

5. John Stamos:

   The [pregnancy] happened. Then I said, I betterhave a ring on her fingerbecause it’s the right thing to do, and I wanted to marry her anyway, so I called her parents to ask, and it was like, ‘You better!’.

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