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Webster 1913 Edition
Marry
Mar′ry
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Married
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Marrying
.] 1.
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.
Tell him that he shall
marry
the couple himself. Gay.
2.
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.
A woman who had been
married
to her twenty-fifth husband, and being now a widow, was prohibited to marry. Evelyn.
3.
To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
Maecenas took the liberty to tell him [Augustus] that he must either
marry
his daughter [Julia] to Agrippa, or take away his life. Bacon.
4.
To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.
☞ We say, a man is married to or marries a woman; or, a woman is married to or marries a man. Both of these uses are equally well authorized; but given in marriage is said only of the woman.
They got him [the Duke of Monmouth] . . . to declare in writing, that the last king [Charles II.] told him he was never
married
to his mother. Bp. Lloyd.
5.
Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am
married
unto you. Jer. iii. 14.
To marry ropes
. (Naut.)
(a)
To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time
. (b)
To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Mar′ry
,Verb.
I.
To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
I will, therefore, that the younger women
marry
. 1 Tim. v. 14.
Marrying man
, a man disposed to marry.
[Colloq.]
Mar′ry
,int
erj.
Indeed! in truth! – a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Marry
MAR'RY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to join a man and woman for life, and constitute them man and wife according to the laws or customs of a nation. By the laws, ordained clergymen have a right to marry persons within certain limits prescribed. Tell him he shall marry the couple himself.
2.
To dispose of in wedlock. Mecaenas told Augustus he must either marry his daughter Julia to Agrippa, or take away his life.
[In this sense, it is properly applicable to females only.]
3.
To take for husband or wife. We say, a man marries a woman; or a woman marries a man. The first was the original sense,but both are now well authorized.4.
In Scripture, to unite in covenant, or in the closest connection. Turn, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah, for I am married to you. Jer.3.
MAR'RY
,Verb.
I.
If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. Matt.19.
I will therefore that the younger women marry. 1 Tim.5.