Marry

Definitions: Marry

Marry

Verb

1. Take in marriage.

2. Perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "marry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Marry

Affirmation

As God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured; (belief); yes; (assent); I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter.

Combination

Verb: combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry.

Defiance

Interjection: do your worst! come if you dare! come on! marry come up! hoity toity

Disapprobation

Interjection: it is too bad! it won't do, it will never do! marry come up! Oh! come! 'sdeath!

Junction

Attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; Adjective: tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter; (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry; (wed); bridge over, span.

Marriage

Verb: marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go off, pair off; wed, espouse, get hitched, lead to the hymeneal altar, take "for better for worse", give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon.

Marry, join, handfast; couple; (unit); tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth; (promise); publish the banns, bid the banns; be asked in church.

Resentment

Interjection: tantaene animis coelestibus irae ! marry come up! zounds! 'sdeath!

Crosswords: Marry

So I understand you wish to marry my wife. (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

Now, that your tastes at this time should incline towards the juvenile is understandable; but for you to marry that boy would be a disaster. (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt)

What do you want to marry me for anyhow? (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

Fine, go ahead and marry her, you one-balled bastard! (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan; Fredric LeBow)

I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool. (Rebecca; writing credit: Daphne Du Maurier; Philip MacDonald)

Come marry me for evermore (Good Company; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Brian May)

Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man (Tiny Dancer; performing artist: Elton John)

Marry who? (Get Me Home; performing artist: FOXY)

I'm going to marry you (Clair; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

He says that he's going to marry me (Papa Don't Preach; performing artist: Kelly Osbourne)

You don't marry someone you can live with; you marry the person with whom you cannot live without. (references; author: unknown)

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Marry Me Again (1953)

When Strangers Marry (1944)

Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941)

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Books

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -and- But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady (reference)

• Getting Ready for Marriage Workbook : How to Really Get to Know the Person You're Going to Marry (reference)

• How to Marry the Man of Your Choice (reference)

• Marry Me (reference)

• Trophy Man: The Surprising Secrets of Black Women Who Marry Well (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• How To Marry A Millionaire (reference)

• Ranma 1/2 - Martial Mayhem, Marry Me, Akane (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Marry Me A Little (1981 Original Off-Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

• Marry Me Jane (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Pictured is a Japanese-American family. There is a mother, father and a pre-school boy. They are seated in an outdoor restaurant and are eating hamburgers and drinking milk. Because Japanese-Americans tend to marry among themselves, factors other than genetic must be examined for cancer incidence. Diet and other lifestyle variations are being studied. Japanese who emigrate to California and change their lifestyles, seem to have an increased incidence of colon cancer.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

I want you to understand, sir, that my pride forbids me to accept anything from you after I marry your daughter ...Credit: Library of Congress.

Dicky, you must marry again, because I -- want you to.Credit: Library of Congress.

It's you he wants -- you're going to marry him -- do you understand?.Credit: Library of Congress.

I dare you to marry me, she said.Credit: Library of Congress.

Father, this is the girl I am going to marry.Credit: Library of Congress.

I can't marry you, she said in a flat and dragged voice.Credit: Library of Congress.

Martyrs to duty. The old boy who never would marry again but finally hooks up with a baby vamp ...Credit: Library of Congress.

Li'l Abner. "Wa-a-al, yo' hain't much t'look at, but ef yo' promises t'git work an' support me an' mah three boys, ah'll marry up wif yo'".Credit: Library of Congress.

I do not refer to myself as a housewife for the reason that I did not marry a house.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

No widow shall be compelled to marry, so long as she prefers to live without a husband; provided always that she gives security not to marry without our consent, if she holds of us, or without the consent of the lord of whom she holds, if she holds of another. (reference)

Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Mr. Elton, who might marry any body!

Under the empire, between two wars, he had found time to marry Mademoiselle Gillenormand.

When they were grown up he was going to marry Eileen.

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

What, marry, may she?

I would never marry after threescore, but live in an hospitable manner, yet still on the saving side.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Many people with Down syndrome form meaningful relationships and eventually marry. (references)

Many women with visible signs of the disease will never marry, or their spouses and families will reject them. Affected people frequently are unable to work because of their disability. (references)

Business

As such, Muslim women are forbidden to marry non-Muslims. (references)

Children

Suriname

Otherwise, one must be 31 years old to marry without parental permission. (references)

Ghana

In the report, officials attribute the lower female enrollment to the fact that many girls marry early or become pregnant. (references)

Yemen

Although the law requires that a girl be 15 years of age to marry, the law is not enforced, and marriages of girls as young as age 12 occur. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tunisia

Muslim women are not permitted to marry outside their religion. (references)

Iran

Muslim men are free to marry non-Muslim women, but the opposite does not apply. (references)

Djibouti

Muslims are required to marry in a religious ceremony, and non-Muslim men may marry a Muslim woman only after converting to Islam. (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

Some of the women reportedly then were forced to marry their kidnapers; others remained missing. (references)

Saudi Arabia

In accordance with Shari'a, women are prohibited from marrying non-Muslims; men may marry Christians and Jews, as well as Muslims. (references)

Kuwait

The law forbids marriage between Muslim women and non-Muslim men and requires men to obtain government approval to marry foreign-born women. (references)

Minorities

India

Devadasis, who generally are Dalits, may not marry. (references)

Tanzania

Fundamentalist Muslims severely criticized secular Muslims who drink alcohol or marry Christian women. (references)

Egypt

There is no legal requirement for a Christian girl or woman to convert to Islam in order to marry a Muslim. (references)

Political Economy

Kuwait

Men must obtain government approval to marry foreign-born women. (references)

Sudan

Although a Muslim man may marry a non-Muslim, a Muslim woman cannot marry a non-Muslim unless he converts to Islam; however, this prohibition is not observed or enforced in areas of the south not controlled by the Government, nor among Nubans. (references)

Women

Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot women may marry non-Muslim men. (references)

Worker Rights

Albania

Some men, primarily in the north of the country, also marry women and girls under false pretenses and take them abroad as prostitutes. (references)

Singapore

Work permits for low-wage workers stipulate the cancellation of such permits if workers apply to marry or marry a citizen or permanent resident. (references)

Azerbaijan

Another NGO reported that families of young women had been approached by individuals claiming that visiting Iranian businessmen had seen their daughters and wished to marry them. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "marry": breach of promise to marry ♦ dispensation to marry smb. ♦ get marry a second time ♦ make marry ♦ marry a fortune ♦ marry again ♦ marry and settle down ♦ marry beneath ♦ marry christmas! ♦ marry for love ♦ marry into a family ♦ marry money ♦ marry off ♦ marry one's brothers widow ♦ marry up ♦ marry with ♦ To marry ropes. Additional references.

Beginning with "marry": marry-a, marry-up.

Ending with "marry": re-marry.

Afrikaan

trou (be married, get, get married). (various references)

Albanian

martoj (marry off), martohem (espouse, get married, make a match, match, mate, noose, splice), marr për grua (espouse), marr për burrë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ناسب (befit, fit, proportion, suit), ‏وحد (combine, confederate, conjugate, consolidate, graft, integrate, knit, pool, unify, unite), ‏تزوج (espouse, get married, hitch, join, knot, marry off, stand up, take the plunge, wed), ‏زوج (consort, couple, dyad, espouse, give in marriage, husband, pair, partner, stud, wed), ‏صاهر (ally, marry off), ‏إتحد (associate, band together, cohere, get together, incorporate, integrate, join, make a bee-line for a place, meet, merge). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съединявам (aggregate, band, butt, clutch, compound, concatenate, conjoin, couple, impale, incorporate, inosculate, interlock, join, join up, knee, knit, link, mate, piece, piece together, rejoin, splice, tag, tie, tie in, unite), свързвам (ally, articulate, associate, bandage, bond, brace, bracket, catenate, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, construe, couple, gather, interconnect, join, knot, lash, link, mate, pack, piece out, piece together, put through, run on, truss, weld), споявам (cement, knead, solder, weld), венчавам, омъжвам се за, омъжвам, оженвам се за, оженвам (give in marriage, hitch, marry off, mate, pair, splice, turn off), женя се за (espouse), женя (couple, espouse, match, wive), бракосъчетавам. (various references)

Chinese 

�"婚 (Conjugal, married, Marrying), 嫁 . (various references)

Czech

vzít se, vdát se (espouse, get married), spojit (bond, combine, conjoin, connect, join, joint, link, merge, partner, piece together, scarf, unite), provdat (match), oddat (turn off, Wed), oženit se (get married), oženit (match). (various references)

Danish

gifte sig (be married, get married). (various references)

Dutch

trouwen (be married, get married, wed), in de echt verbinden (wed). (various references)

Esperanto

iĝi la edzo de (become the husband of), iĝi la edzino de (become the wife of), geedziĝi (be married, get married), edzinigi (wed), edziniĝi (be married, get married), edzigi (wed), edziĝi (be married, get married). (various references)

Faeroese

giftast (be married, get married). (various references)

Farsi 

عروسی کردن(با), ازدواج کردن (Join), شوهردادن (Espouse, Husband). (various references)

Finnish

mennä naimisiin (get married), mennä avioliittoon, vihkiä (confer the degree of upon, consecrate, dedicate, inaugurate, join in marriage, ordain), naida (get married, wed). (various references)

French

se marier (be getting married, be married, get married, marriages, mate), marier (be married, get married, marry off). (various references)

Frisian

boaskje (be married, get married). (various references)

German

heiraten (get married, marriage, marriages, to marry, wed), sich verheiraten (be married, get married, to get married). (various references)

Greek 

νυμφεύω (match, wive), νυμφεύομαι (espouse), παντρεύω (marry off), πανδρεύομαι, υπανδρεύω, υπανδρεύομαι. (various references)

Hebrew 

לשאת אש�" (espouse), לקחת אש�", לזו�' (couple, match, mate), ל�"תחתן (couple), ל�"שיא (give in marriage, lift, marry off, transfer, transport), ל�"� שא (rise), לבעול (be master, have sexual intercourse, rule over). (various references)

Hungarian

megházasodik (to get a wife, to get married, to get spliced, to nuptialize, to settle down for life), feleségül vesz (to wed), férjhez megy valakihez, összeesket (to wed). (various references)

Icelandic

giftast (be married, get married), gifta sig (be married, become the husband of, become the wife of, get married). (various references)

Indonesian

menikahkan, menikahi, mengawini (wed), memperistri. (various references)

Italian

sposare (be married, embrace, espouse, get, get married, get married to, go well, make marry, Wed), maritarsi (be married, get, get married), ammogliarsi (be married, get, get married). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

妻帯 (marriage). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さいたい (marriage, umbilical cord). (various references)

Korean 

결혼하십시�". (various references)

Manx

sheeyney ry-cheilley (abut, adjoin, contiguous), sheeyney (dilation, elongate, extension, give, hand, increase, lengthen, lengthening, pass, produce, production, prolongation, prostrate, prostration, range, rick, spin out, sprain, spraining, spread, strain, stretch, stretch out, stretching, tension, uncoil), poosey (bridal, espousal, marriage, matrimony, wed, wedding, wedlock). (various references)

Maya

atant (to marry). (various references)

Norwegian

gifte sig med (become the husband of, become the wife of). (various references)

Papiamen

kasa (be married, get married). (various references)

Pig Latin

arrymay

Polish

wyjść za mąż, wydać za mąż, ożenić się, ożenić. (various references)

Portuguese

casar-se (be married, get married, wive), casar (a pair of, get married, husband, match head, mate, pair, settle, tie the knot, wed, yoke). (various references)

Romanian

mãrita, se mãrita, se cåsåtori (be married, get married), se cãsãtori (couple, espouse, get married, intermarry, mate, settle, splice, Wed), se însura (espouse), lua în cãsãtorie (espouse), cununa (Wed), cåsåtori (wed), cãsãtori (match, mate, pair, settle, splice, Wed), însura. (various references)

Russian 

выйти замуж (change one's condition, get married, make a match), выдать замуж, жениться (change one's condition, espouse, get married, give a hand, hitch, husband, make a match), женить (marry off, match). (various references)

Scottish

pòs (perform the marriage ceremony). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

venčati se (espouse, get married, hook up), venčati, udati se (marry off, wed), oženiti se (wed, wive). (various references)

Spanish

casarse (be married, get married, intermarry, settle down, take the plunge, wed), casar (blend, marriages, marry off, tie, unite, Wed). (various references)

Swedish

gifta sig med (become the husband of, become the wife of, espouse, get married, Wed), gifta sig (be married, couple, get married, pair off), viga (consecrate, Wed). (various references)

Turkish

ya (ah, gee, gee whiz, gosh, ha, o, or, well, yah), evlenmek (change one's condition, espouse, get married, get spliced, hitch, hitch up, lead to the altar, make a match, mate, pair off, take to wife, unite, Wed), evlendirmek (espouse, marry off, match, mate, pair, pair off, splice, tie, Wed, yoke), evermek, allahım. (various references)

Turkmen 

nikalaюmak. (various references)

Ukranian 

вінчати, одружуватися (espouse, match, pair, spouse), одружувати, по�"днувати. (various references)

Vietnamese 

trò vui (amusement, marry-making), hội hè (gala, gaud, marry-making), đình đám (doing, festive, marry-making). (various references)

Welsh

priodi (get married). (various references)

coniuncta, coniunctae, coniuncti, coniunctus, coniungantur, coniungat, coniungere, coniungeretur, coniungetis, coniungi, coniungit, coniungitis, coniungitur, coniunxerant, coniunxerunt, coniunximus, coniunxit, coniunxitque, innupta, innuptam, iuga, iugo, maritare, marito, nob, nobe, nubant, nubat, nubatis, nube, nubent, nubentes, nubentur, nubere, nubes, nubet, nubis, nubunt, nupserit, nupserunt, nupta, nuptis, nuptum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "marry": marrying. (additional references)

Words ending with "marry": intermarry, remarry. (additional references)

Words containing "marry": intermarrying, remarrying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Marry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: jarry, Jmbarrie, karry, Maerdy, magrie, magry, mairy, marby, mardy, Mardyke, marey, Margrie, margry, mari, marie, marmy, marny, marr, marre, Marric, Marrie, marrit, marrs, marrys, martry, martyh, marvy, Marye, maury, mavry, Mawrey, mawry, Mayrnyo, megry, mergy, mermy, merr, merra, Merrey, Merri, merrie, Mervy, Mery, midry, mirri, mirrie, mirry, Morbry, morr, morrys, Mutry, narry. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: army.

-2 letters: arm, mar, may, ram, ray, rya, yam, yar.

-3 letters: am, ar, ay, ma, my, ya.

+1 letter: armory, martyr.

+2 letters: armoury, gramary, marrowy, martyrs, martyry, mortary, primary, remarry, yardarm.

+3 letters: armyworm, creamery, farmyard, ferryman, gramarye, gramercy, marrying, martyred, martyrly, miscarry, moratory, mortuary, numerary, rosemary, spermary, yammerer, yardarms.

+4 letters: armyworms, barometry, comradery, crematory, dromedary, embracery, farmyards, formicary, formulary, gramaryes, infirmary, marquetry, martyrdom, martyries, martyring, martyrize, mercenary, migratory, primarily, quarryman, quarrymen, temporary, termitary, yammerers.

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