marry

  • 21marry — verb /ˈmaɹi,ˈmæ.ɹi,ˈmɛ.ɹi/ a) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry. b) To be joined (someone) as spouse according to law or custom. She was not happily… …

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  • 22marry — I mar•ry [[t]ˈmær i[/t]] v. ried, ry•ing 1) to take as a husband or wife; take in marriage 2) to perform the marriage ceremony for; join in wedlock 3) to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of: married off all their children[/ex] 4) to join or …

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  • 23marry-in — noun a) A person who is on a family tree because he has married someone on the tree, and is not related by blood to anyone on the tree except his own descendants. b) A protest where many people marry, as in protest of a law that forbids such… …

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  • 24marry — [13] Latin marīus meant ‘husband’ (it may go back to an Indo European *mer , *mor , which meant something like ‘young person’ – Lithuanian has the related marti ‘bride’ – and in that case would denote etymologically ‘man who has been provided… …

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  • 25marry — marry1 verb (marries, marrying, married) 1》 join in marriage.     ↘take as one s wife or husband in marriage.     ↘(marry into) become a member of (a family) by marriage.     ↘(of a parent or guardian) give (a son or daughter) in marriage. 2》… …

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  • 26marry — verb 1) the couple married last year Syn: get/be married, wed, be wed, become man and wife; informal tie the knot, walk down the aisle, take the plunge, get spliced, get hitched, say I do ; dated plight/pledge one s troth 2) John wanted to marry… …

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  • 27marry — verb 1) the couple married last year Syn: get/be married, wed, be wed, become man and wife; informal tie the knot, walk down the aisle, get spliced, get hitched, say I do 2) John wanted to marry her Syn: wed; informal make a …

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  • 28marry —   Male, moe, ho āo, noho; noho kāne (of a woman); noho wahine (of a man). See ho i4.    ♦ To marry off, ho omale.    ♦ Married couple, pa a male.    ♦ They were married, ua male ia lāua …

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  • 29marry — [13] Latin marīus meant ‘husband’ (it may go back to an Indo European *mer , *mor , which meant something like ‘young person’ – Lithuanian has the related marti ‘bride’ – and in that case would denote etymologically ‘man who has been provided… …

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  • 30marry! —  and MARRY, COME UP!  An interjection, a kind of oath, i. e. by the Virgin Mary. North …

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