Marry Meaning
/ˈmæɹi/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
verbTo enter into marriage with one another.
Sentence Examples
Why would you marry a woman if you like men?
Whether you like her or not, you can't marry her.
He asked me to marry him and I accepted.
CEFR Practice Quiz
They plan to ____ next summer in a beautiful garden ceremony by the lake.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He asked her to ____ him on a beautiful beach during their vacation, and she happily said yes earlier.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But Esau, being now forty years of age, took a false step by marrying not only without his parents consent; but with two wives, daughters of the Hittites."
— 1755, The Holy Bible, both Old and New Testament, Digested, Illustrated, and Explained, second edition, page 59:
"If and when Suzy does marry, it will be an open marriage because she's a believer in the "totality" of freedom."
— 1975 March 17, Marian Christy, “Suzy Chaffee, A Liberated Beauty”, in The Lebanon Daily News:
"the rich relationed hometown queen marries into what she needs"
— 1975 July, Janis Ian, “At Seventeen”:
"First Xavier (Vernon Chatman): You're about as deep as a bowl of soup, and your tongue is as sharp as a soup spoon.
Second Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Hey, say what you want about me, but lay off the soup.
First Xavier: If you love soup so much, why don't you marry soup?
Second Xavier: 'cause I'm already married. To justice.
First Xavier: Yeah. Only a blind girl would marry you."
— 2008, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 10:
"THe kyngdom̃ of hevẽ is lyke vnto a certayne kinge / which maryed his ſonne[…]."
— 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxij:[2], folio xxx, verso:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
They plan to ____ next summer in a beautiful garden ceremony by the lake.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He asked her to ____ him on a beautiful beach during their vacation, and she happily said yes earlier.