marry

Forms

present (v1): marry
past (v2): married
past participle (v3): married
present participle: marrying
3rd person singular: marries

Definitions

1.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.
- If and when Suzy does marry, it will be an open marriage because she's a believer in the "totality" of freedom.
2.To enter into marriage with one another.
- Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.
3.To take as husband or wife.
- In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
4.To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
- He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1261

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Common
General reading & writing: Common
Academic: Rare
Literature: Uncommon

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”).