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marrying

/ˈmæɹi.ɪŋ/ noun A2
  1. A marriage.

Plural marryings

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“Oh, you do not know what is seventeen months in prison!—seventeen ages rather, especially to a man who, like me, had arrived at the summit of his ambition—to a man, who, like me, was on the point of marrying a woman he adored, who saw an honorable career opened before him, and who loses all in an instant—who sees his prospects destroyed, and is ignorant of the fate of his affianced wife, and whether his aged father be still living!
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 131 · C1
If there is no other objection to my marrying your nephew, I shall certainly not be kept from it by knowing that his mother and aunt wished him to marry Miss de Bourgh.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 337 · B2
My friend has an excellent understanding--though I am not certain that I consider her marrying Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 207 · B2
“This is the consequence, you see, madam, of marrying a daughter,” said Elizabeth.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 307 · B2

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