marry

  • 11marry */*/*/ — UK [ˈmærɪ] / US [ˈmerɪ] verb Word forms marry : present tense I/you/we/they marry he/she/it marries present participle marrying past tense married past participle married Get it right: marry: Don t use the preposition with after get married or be …

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  • 12marry — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ To keep his wealthy lifestyle, he had to marry well. VERB + MARRY ▪ hope to, want to ▪ I don t want to marry Robert …

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  • 13marry — verb marries, married, marrying 1 (I, T) to become someone s husband or wife: get married (to): I got married when I was 18. | Billy got married to the first girl he went out with. | marry sb: one of those romances about a rich tycoon who marries …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14marry — mar|ry [ meri ] verb *** 1. ) transitive if someone marries someone else, they become the husband or wife of that person: The day I married Sarah was the happiest day of my life. a ) intransitive if someone marries, they become the husband or… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15marry — [[t]mæ̱ri[/t]] ♦♦ marries, marrying, married 1) V RECIP When two people get married or marry, they legally become husband and wife in a special ceremony. Get married is less formal and more commonly used than marry. [pl n get V ed] I thought he… …

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  • 16marry — marry1 marrier, n. /mar ee/, v., married, marrying. v.t. 1. to take as a husband or wife; take in marriage: Susan married Ed. 2. to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people who wish to be husband and wife); join in wedlock: The minister… …

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  • 17marry — v. 1) (d; intr.) to marry into (to marry into a good family) 2) see marry off * * * [ mærɪ] see marry off (d; intr.) to marry into (to marry into a good family) …

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  • 18marry — {{11}}marry (interj.) a common oath in the Middle Ages, mid 14c., now obsolete, a corruption of the name of the Virgin MARY (Cf. Mary). {{12}}marry (v.) c.1300, to give (offspring) in marriage, from O.Fr. marier to get married; to marry off, give …

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  • 19marry — see never marry for money, but marry where money is marry in haste and repent at leisure marry in May, rue for aye better to marry than to burn a young man married is a young man marred …

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  • 20marry — I. verb (married; marrying) Etymology: Middle English marien, from Anglo French marier, from Latin maritare, from maritus married Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to join in marriage according to law or custom b. to give in marriage …

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