marry

En français : se marier, épouser, marier, accorder en mariage

1. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. (intransitive) · Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
2. To enter into marriage with one another. (intransitive) · Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.
3. To take as husband or wife. (transitive) · In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
4. To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. (transitive) · He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.
5. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. (transitive) · A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.· His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
6. To acquire by marriage. (transitive) · I wanted to marry wealth and power, and got both.
7. To join or connect. See also marry up. (figuratively, intransitive) · There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’t marry properly.· I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’t marry with the socket.
8. To unite; to join together into a close union. (figuratively, transitive) · The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.

He/she/it marries · Prétérit married · Participe passé married · Forme en -ing marrying