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marry

UK/ˈmæɹi/ US/ˈmæɹi/ very common

verb

1.
2.

perform a marriage ceremony

  • “The minister married us on Saturday”
  • “We were wed the following week”
  • “The couple got spliced on Hawaii”
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Origin

From Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marïer, from Latin marītāre (“to wed”), from marītus (“husband, suitor”), from mās (“man, male”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), same source as Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”). Compare its feminine derivatives: Welsh morwyn (“girl”), merch (“daughter”), Crimean Gothic marzus (“wedding”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy; girl”), Lithuanian marti̇̀ (“bride”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “yeoman”).) Displaced native Old English hīwian.

Phrases

  • devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter
  • gay marry
  • married sector
  • marry come up
  • marry fuck kill
  • marry in
  • marry in haste, repent at leisure
  • marry into

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