marry
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
- take in marriage also: get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
- perform a marriage ceremony also: wed, tie, splice The minister married us on SaturdayWe were wed the following week
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.
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Marry, look you, it shall not be your seeking.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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I detest that man to whom he wishes to marry me.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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They all think it is possible that he may marry them.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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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
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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