Marry

['mærɪ] or ['mæri]

Definition

(verb.) take in marriage.

(verb.) perform a marriage ceremony; 'The minister married us on Saturday'; 'We were wed the following week'; 'The couple got spliced on Hawaii'.

Editor: Sasha--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.

(v. t.) To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.

(v. t.) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.

(v. i.) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

(interj.) Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.

Checker: Mattie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Join in marriage, unite in marriage.[2]. Wed, espouse, take for husband or wife, lead to the altar, bestow one's hand upon.[3]. Give in marriage.

v. n. Enter into the married state, assume the conjugal relation, take a husband or a wife.

Checker: Micawber

Definition

interj. indeed! forsooth!

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.

Editor: Ramon