Intermarry
[ɪntə'mærɪ] or [,ɪntɚ'mæri]
Definition
(verb.) marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group.
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Definition
(v. i.) To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc.
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Definition
v.i. to marry between or among: to marry reciprocally or take one and give another in marriage.—n. Intermarr′iage.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of intermarrying, denotes quarrels and contentions which will precipitate you into trouble and loss.
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Examples
- The only exclusive class in Egypt which did not intermarry was, as in England to-day, the semi-divine royal family. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For years the Turks and Byzantines had intermarried, and hunted in couples in strange by-paths of diplomacy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Instead of killing, they enlisted and intermarried with the peoples they invaded. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ages of close relationship and intermarrying had resulted in the race of red men, of which Dejah Thoris was a fair and beautiful daughter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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