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marry

verb US /ˈmeri/

take in marriage

How often you will meet it

Rank 753 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 24,955 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

verb

  1. take in marriage also: get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
  2. perform a marriage ceremony also: wed, tie, splice The minister married us on SaturdayWe were wed the following week

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

marry in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • Marry, look you, it shall not be your seeking.

    The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1

  • I detest that man to whom he wishes to marry me.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • They all think it is possible that he may marry them.

    Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1

  • I am a greater prince than you are a princess, and I will marry you.’

    The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1

  • Vesta was the goddess of the home, and the vestal virgins were bound by oath never to marry.

    Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1

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