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   marry

   /ˈmari/

   verb

   • 1. join in marriage: "I was married in church" Similar get/be marriedwedbe wedbecome man and wifeplight/pledge one's trothinformal:tie the knotwalk down the aisletake the plungeget splicedget hitchedget yokedsay ‘I do’archaic:become espoused
   • ▪ take (someone) as one's wife or husband in marriage: "Eric asked me to marry him" Similar wedtake to wife/husbandlead to the altarinformal:make an honest woman ofarchaic:espousewiveOpposite divorce
   • ▪ enter into marriage: "they had no plans to marry" Similar joinjoin togetheruniteallymergeunifyamalgamatecombineaffiliateassociatelinkconnectfuseweldcoupleknityokeOpposite splitseparate
   • ▪ become a member of (a family) by marriage: "both men married into my mother's family"
   • ▪ (of a parent or guardian) give (a son or daughter) in marriage: "her parents married her to a wealthy landowner" Similar joinjoin togetheruniteallymergeunifyamalgamatecombineaffiliateassociatelinkconnectfuseweldcoupleknityokeOpposite splitseparate
   • 2. join together; combine harmoniously: "the two halves are trimmed and married up"
   • ▪ blend or combine with something: "most Chardonnays don't marry well with salmon"
   • ▪ splice (rope ends) together without increasing their girth.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French marier, from Latin maritare, from maritus, literally ‘married’, (as a noun) ‘husband’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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