marry
interjection
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L334004 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to take as a spouse, to join spouses, combine agreeably, combine
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹi/ / /ˈmɛɹi/ / /ˈmaɾe/
intj
Etymology: From Middle English Marie, referring to Mary, the Virgin Mary. Mid-14th century.
- A term of asseveration: indeed!, in truth!
“You that be of the court, & eſpecially ye ſworn chaplains beware of a leſſon that a great man taught me at my firſt coming to the court he told me for a good will, he thoughte it wel. He ſayd vnto me. You muſt beware how ſo euer ye do that ye cõtrary not the king, let him haue his ſaiyngs, folow him, go with him. Mary out vpon this counſel, ſhal I ſay, as he ſayes?”
“I have chequed him for it, and the young lion repents; marry, not in ashes and sackcloth, but in new silk and old sack.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marïer, from Latin marītāre (“to wed”), from marītus (“husband, suitor”), from mās (“man, male”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), same source as Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”). Compare its feminine derivatives: Welsh morwyn (“girl”), merch (“daughter”), Crimean Gothic marzus (“wedding”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy; girl”), Lithuanian marti̇̀ (“bride”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “yeoman”).) Displaced native Old English hīwian.
- To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
“Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.”
“I forfeited my inheritance and married outside my parents' faith.”
- To enter into marriage with one another.
“Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.”
- To take as husband or wife.
“In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.”
“First Xavier (Vernon Chatman): You're about as deep as a bowl of soup, and your tongue is as sharp as a soup spoon. Second Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Hey, say what you want about me, but lay off the soup. First Xavier: If you love soup so much, why don't you marry soup? Second Xavier: 'cause I'm already married. To justice. First Xavier: Yeah. Only a blind girl would marry you.”
- To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
“He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.”
“THe kyngdom̃ of hevẽ is lyke vnto a certayne kinge / which maryed his ſonne[…].”
- 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.
“A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.”
“His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.”
- To acquire by marriage.
“I wanted to marry wealth and power, and got both.”
- To join or connect. See also marry up.
“There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’t marry properly.”
“I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’t marry with the socket.”
- To unite; to join together into a close union.
“The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.”
“Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you.”
- To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
- To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.