marry

English

/ˈmæɹɪ/, /ˈmæɹi/, /ˈmɛɹi/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
  • (transitive) To be joined to (to) (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.
  • (transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
  • (transitive) To take as husband or wife.
  • (transitive) To unite; to join together into a close union.
  • (transitive) 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.
  • (nautical) To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
  • (nautical) To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English marien (marry) borrowed from Old French marier derived from Latin marito, marītāre (wed) derived from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (boy, girl, young man).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*méryos

Gloss

boy, girl, young man

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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