Definition of Marry

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Definition of Marry

Marry

To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.

To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.

To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.

To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.

Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.

To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.

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Marry Quotations

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Winston Churchill

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
Napoleon Hill

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates

Marry me and I'll never look at another horse!
Groucho Marx

Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.
W. C. Fields

He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
Mae West

Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.
Mae West

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
Oscar Wilde

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

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
Oscar Wilde

Marry Translations

marry in Afrikaans is trou
marry in Danish is gifte sig
marry in Dutch is in de echt verbinden, trouwen
marry in German is heiraten
marry in Portuguese is casar-se, case
marry in Spanish is casarse, casar
marry in Swedish is gifta sig med, viga, gifta sig

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