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| mar·ry [ márree ] (past and past participle mar·ried, present participle mar·ry·ing, 3rd person present singular mar·ries) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb take somebody in marriage: to commit yourself to somebody, or yourselves to each other, formally in marriage
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2. transitive verb join two people in marriage: to officiate at somebody's marriage ceremony and give legal sanction or a religious blessing to the marriage
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3. transitive verb give somebody in marriage: to give somebody, usually a child or ward, to somebody in marriage, or bring about his or her marriage to somebody
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4. transitive verb acquire something by marriage: to acquire something, especially money, by marrying somebody who has it
  wanted to marry wealth and power, and got both
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5. transitive and intransitive verb combine things successfully: to brings things together, or to come together, to form a close and successful combination
The meat and the spices marry well.
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6. transitive and intransitive verb fit together: to fit and join together, or make things fit and join together
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7. transitive verb nautical match two pieces of rope together: to equalize the strands of two pieces of rope, especially before splicing them
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| [13th century. Via French marier< Latin maritare< maritus "married person, husband"] |
