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Dictionary: mar·ry1   (măr'ē) pronunciation
 

v., -ried, -ry·ing, -ries.

v.tr.
    1. To join as spouses by exchanging vows.
    2. To take as a spouse.
    3. To give in marriage.
  1. To perform a marriage ceremony for: The rabbi married the couple.
  2. To obtain by marriage: marry money.
  3. Nautical. To join (two ropes) end to end by interweaving their strands.
  4. To unite in a close, usually permanent way: “His material marries the domestic and the exotic” (Clifton Fadiman).
v.intr.
  1. To take a husband or wife; wed: They married in their twenties.
  2. To combine or blend agreeably: Let the flavors marry overnight.

[Middle English marien, from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre, from marītus, married.]


mar·ry2 (măr'ē) pronunciation
interj. Archaic.

Used as an exclamation of surprise or emphasis.

[Middle English Marie, the Virgin Mary, ultimately from Greek Maria. See Mary1.]


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verb

  1. To join or be joined in marriage: espouse, mate, wed. Slang hitch. Idioms: tie the knot. See marriage/unmarried.
  2. To bring or come together into a united whole: coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, couple, join, link, meld, unify, unite, wed, yoke. See assemble/disassemble.

 
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v

Definition: become husband and wife in ceremony
Antonyms: divorce, separate


 

v. -ies, -ied splice (ropes) end to end without increasing their girth.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To join as husband and wife according to law or custom.

pronunciation You don't marry someone you can live with; you marry the person who you cannot live without. — Unknown from www.zaadz.com

 
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - ægte, tage til ægte, gifte sig med
v. intr. - gifte sig

idioms:

  • marry off    bortgifte, få afsat

2.
int. - kombinere, blande

Nederlands (Dutch)
trouwen, door huwelijk verkrijgen, verenigen/ passen, ineendraaien van touw

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - (lit) se marier avec, épouser, (fig) marier
v. intr. - se marier

idioms:

  • marry off    marier (à, avec)

2.
int. - sacrebleu (excl) (arch)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - heiraten, trauen

idioms:

  • marry off    verheiraten

2.
int. - meiner Seel!, für wahr!

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παντρεύω/-ομαι, νυμφεύω/-ομαι
int. - Παναγιά μου!

idioms:

  • marry off    βρίσκω σύζυγο για κάποιον/-α

Italiano (Italian)
sposarsi, sposare

idioms:

  • marry off    maritare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - casar
int. - casar-se

idioms:

  • marry off    encontrar o par

Русский (Russian)
жениться, женить, соединять

idioms:

  • marry off    женить, выдавать замуж

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - casar, desposar, casarse con
v. intr. - casarse, desposarse, maridar

idioms:

  • marry off    casar, unir

2.
int. - canastos! a fe mía!

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gifta sig med, viga, sy ihop
int. - sannerligen!

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 娶, 和...结婚, 嫁, 结婚

idioms:

  • marry off    嫁出, 找对象

2. 娶, 为...证婚, 嫁, 和...结婚, 把嫁出

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
int. - 娶, 為...證婚, 嫁, 和...結婚, 把嫁出

2.
v. tr. - 娶, 和...結婚, 嫁
v. intr. - 結婚

idioms:

  • marry off    嫁出, 找對象

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~와 혼인하다, ~를 출가 시키다, 관계를 맺게 하다
v. intr. - 결혼하다

idioms:

  • marry off    시집이나 장가를 보내다

2.
int. - 어이쿠!, 저런!

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 結婚する, 結婚式を行う, 結婚させる, 嫁にやる

idioms:

  • marry off    結婚させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزوج, يتزوج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השיא‬
v. intr. - ‮התחתן‬
int. - ‮קריאת הפתעה, התמרמרות ועוד (מיושנת)‬


 
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