to take (someone) as a husband or wife:[~ + object]He married her when he was eighteen.
to take a husband or wife; wed:[no object]In some countries girls can marry when they are fourteen.
to perform the marriage ceremony for (a couple):[~ + object]The priest married them in the old church.
to arrange the marriage of: [~ + object]He wanted to marry his daughter into a rich family.[~ + off + object]They married off all their children.[~ + object + off]married them off quickly.
to gain through marriage: [~ + object]to marry money.[no object]to marry into money.
to join or unite closely: [~ + object]marrying the two disciplines of study.[no object]This wine and cheese marry well.
marry is a verb, marriage is a noun, married is an adjective:She wants to marry you. They had a difficult marriage. A married man can't have another wife in this culture.
to take as a husband or wife; take in marriage:Susan married Ed.
to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people who wish to be husband and wife); join in wedlock:The minister married Susan and Ed.
to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of (often fol. by off):Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son. They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
to unite intimately:Common economic interests marry the two countries.
to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony.
to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable:The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features. A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
[Naut.]
to lay together (the unlaid strands of two ropes) to be spliced.
to seize (two ropes) together end to end for use as a single line.
to seize (parallel ropes) together at intervals.
Foodto cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients:to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey.
v.i.
to take a husband or wife; wed.
Wine, Food(of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably; blend:This wine and the strong cheese just don't marry.
Latin marītāre to wed, derivative of marītus conjugal, akin to mās male (person)
Old French marier
Middle English marien 1250–1300
mar′ri•er, n.
mar•ry2(mar′ē),USA pronunciationinterj.[Archaic.]
(used as an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, etc.)
1325–75; Middle English; euphemistic variant of Mary (the Virgin)