marry — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(verb.)

VERB + MARRY

hope to, want to

She hoped to marry someone who shared her love of traveling.

agree to, promise to

She agreed to marry him after dating for three years.

be going to, plan to

Sarah and James plan to marry in the summer after they finish university.

forbid sb to

Her parents forbade her to marry until she finished university.

ask sb to

She asked him to marry her after they had been dating for five years.

PREP

for

She married him for his kindness and sense of humor, not his wealth.

into

When she married into a wealthy family, she had to learn many new customs and traditions.

PHRASES

get married

My parents got married in a small church ceremony thirty years ago.

marry late/young

My grandmother married young and had four children before she turned twenty-five.

not be the marrying kind

Definitions

verb

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.

Evelyn, in his "Diary," under date 1641, says that at Haerlem "they showed us a cottage where, they told us, dwelt a woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and, being now a widow, was prohibited to marry in future; […] "

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.

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.

4

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[…].

5

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.

intj

1

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — take in marriage

verb — perform a marriage ceremony

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

marry in haste, repent at leisure

Getting married too soon will lead to a bad marriage.

marry me

the shortest form of marriage proposal

marry off

To successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.

Mark Warshavsky, the composer of the classic "Oifn Pripitchik" wrote the melody now well-known from the conclusion of the wedding festivities, in which the parents marrying off the

will you marry me

Used to propose marriage to someone

marry the ketchup

To combine ketchup from half-empty bottles in a restaurant, in order to reduce the number of bottles.

Example Bank

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01

Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.

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02

Evelyn, in his "Diary," under date 1641, says that at Haerlem "they showed us a cottage where, they told us, dwelt a woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and, being now a widow, was

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03

But Esau, being now forty years of age, took a false step by marrying not only without his parents consent; but with two wives, daughters of the Hittites.

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04

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.

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05

I have chequed him for it, and the young lion repents; marry, not in ashes and sackcloth, but in new silk and old sack.

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06

I know too much: / I finde it, I; for when I ha liſt to ſleepe, / Mary, before your Ladiſhip I grant, / She puts her tongue alittle in her heart, / And chides with thinking.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, marry is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.