v. t. | 1. | 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. | ||||||
2. | 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. | |||||||
3. | To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife. | |||||||
4. | To take for husband or wife. See the Note below. | |||||||
5. | Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
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v. i. | 1. | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
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interj. | 1. | Indeed! in truth! - a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary. |
Verb | 1. | marry - take in marriage |
2. | marry - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" |