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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishmarien, fromAnglo-Normanmarïer, fromLatinmarītāre(“to wed”), frommarītus(“husband, suitor”), frommās(“man, male”), of uncertain origin. Possibly fromProto-Indo-European*méryos(“young man”), same source asSanskritमर्य(márya,“suitor, young man”). Compare its feminine derivatives:Welshmorwyn(“girl”),merch(“daughter”),Crimean Gothicmarzus(“wedding”),Ancient Greekμεῖραξ(meîrax,“boy; girl”),Lithuanianmarti̇̀(“bride”),Avestan𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀(mairiia,“yeoman”).[1]) Displaced nativeOld Englishhīwian.

Verb

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marry (third-person singular simple presentmarries,present participlemarrying,simple past and past participlemarried)

  1. (intransitive) To enter into theconjugal orconnubial state; to take ahusband or awife.[from 14th c.]
    Synonyms:getmarried,wed;see alsoThesaurus:marry
    Antonym:divorce
    Neither of her daughters showed any desire tomarry.
    • 1641, John Evelyn,Diary, quoted in1869 by Edward J. Wood inThe Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries, volume 2, page 241:
      Evelyn, in his "Diary," under date 1641, says that at Haerlem "they showed us a cottage where, they told us, dwelt a woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and, being now a widow, was prohibited to marry in future; […] "
    • 1755,The Holy Bible, both Old and New Testament, Digested, Illustrated, and Explained, second edition, page 59:
      ButEsau, being now forty years of age, took a false step bymarrying not only without his parents consent; but with two wives, daughters of theHittites.
    • 1975 March 17, Marian Christy, “Suzy Chaffee, A Liberated Beauty”, inThe Lebanon Daily News:
      If and when Suzy doesmarry, it will be anopen marriage because she's a believer in the "totality" of freedom.
    • 1975 July,Janis Ian, “At Seventeen”:
      the rich relationed hometown queenmarries into what she needs
  2. (intransitive) To enter intomarriage with one another.
    Jack and Jennymarried soon after they met.
  3. (transitive) To take as husband or wife.[from 15th c.]
    In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle tomarry his niece.
    • 2008,Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode10:
      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 youmarry soup?
      Second Xavier: 'cause I'm already married. To justice.
      First Xavier: Yeah. Only a blind girl wouldmarry you.
  4. (transitive) To arrange for themarriage of; to give away as wife or husband.[from 14th c.]
    He was eager tomarry his daughter to a nobleman.
  5. (transitive) 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.[from 16th c.]
    A justice of the peace willmarry Jones and Smith.
    His daughter wasmarried some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
  6. (intransitive, figuratively, of inanimate or abstract things) Tojoin orconnect.See alsomarry up.
    There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’tmarry properly.
    I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’tmarry with the socket.
    • 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, inRailway Magazine, number600, page273:
      The fireboxmarried toBritannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it is comparable in dimensions to that of the "V2."
    • 1959 September, “The Re-appraisal of the B.R. Modernisation Plan”, inTrains Illustrated, page408:
      However, it now seems likely that means can be found tomarry the W.R. and B.R. standard A.T.C. apparatus.
  7. (transitive, figuratively) To unite; tojoin together into a close union.[from 15th c.]
    The attempt tomarry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Jeremiah3:14:
      Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I ammarried unto you.
    • 2006, Lisa C. Hickman,William Faulkner and Joan Williams: The Romance of Two Writers:
      For Faulkner, these yearsmarry professional triumphs and personal disappointments: the Nobel Prize for Literature and an increasingly unlifting depression.
  8. (nautical) To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may begrasped andhauled on at the same time.
  9. (nautical) To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through ablock.
Derived terms
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Translations
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to take a husband or wife
to be joined in marriage
to take for husband or wife
to give away as wife or husband
to unite in wedlock
figuratively: to combine
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle EnglishMarie,[2] referring toMary, theVirgin Mary.[3] Mid-14th century.

Alternative forms

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Interjection

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marry

  1. (obsolete)Aterm ofasseveration:indeed!,in truth!
    • 1549 April 29 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e.,Hugh Latimer],Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Seuenth Sermon of Maister Hugh Latymer, which He Preached before KingEdward[VI], the .19. Day of Aprill.”, inCertayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published1562,→OCLC,folio 93, recto:
      You that be of the court, & eſpecially ye ſworn chaplains beware of a leſſon that a great man taught me at my firſt coming to the court he told me for a good will, he thoughte it wel. He ſayd vnto me. You muſt beware how ſo euer ye do that ye cõtrary not the king, let him haue his ſaiyngs, folow him, go with him.Mary out vpon this counſel, ſhal I ſay, as he ſayes?
    • c.1596–1599 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:
      I have chequed him for it, and the young lion repents;marry, not in ashes and sackcloth, but in new silk and old sack.
    • c.1603–1604 (date written),William Shakespeare,The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] forThomas Walkley, […], published1622,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i],page24:
      I know too much: / I finde it, I; for when I ha liſt to ſleepe, /Mary, before your Ladiſhip I grant, / She puts her tongue alittle in her heart, / And chides with thinking.
      I know, [she talks] too much: / I always find that when I have the desire to sleep. /Indeed, before your Ladyship I admit / She keeps a little quiet, / And scolds me with her thoughts.

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References

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  1. ^J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams,Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "woman" (London: Dearborn Fitzroy, 1997), 656.
  2. ^“marry”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “marry”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

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