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English

marry

/ˈmæɹɪ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
  2. (in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.
  3. To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
  4. To take as husband or wife.
  5. To unite; to join together into a close union.
  6. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.
  7. Indeed!, in truth!; a term of asseveration.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data