MARRY

marry

Verb

  1. 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. To be joined (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.
    She was not happily married.
    His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
  3. To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife or husband.
  4. To take for husband or wife.
    In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
  5. Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
    The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
  6. 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. To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
  8. To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.

Interjection

!

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


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