marry
Verb
Verb Forms: married, marrying, marries
- To join in lawful wedlock; to become husband and wife.
- take in marriage
- perform a marriage ceremony
- To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- To enter into marriage with one another.
- To take as husband or wife.
- To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
- 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.
- To join or connect. See also marry up.
- To unite; to join together into a close union.
- 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.
Intj
- A term of asseveration: indeed!, in truth!
Examples
- A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.
- He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.
- His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
- I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’t marry with the socket.
- In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
- Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.
- Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
- She decided to MARRY her high-point letters with a double word score, creating a powerful play.
- The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
- There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’t marry properly.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, splice, tie, wed, bewed, couple, handfast, hitch, join, marry, spouse
Scrabble Score: 10
marry: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmarry: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
marry: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary