Crossword clues for marrying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marry \Mar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Married; p. pr. & vb. n. Marrying.] [OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband, fr. mas, maris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritral.]
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To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.
Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself.
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To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.
A woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and being now a widow, was prohibited to marry.
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To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
M[ae]cenas took the liberty to tell him [Augustus] that he must either marry his daughter [Julia] to Agrippa, or take away his life.
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To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.
Note: We say, a man is married to or marries a woman; or, a woman is married to or marries a man. Both of these uses are equally well authorized; but given in marriage is said only of the woman.
They got him [the Duke of Monmouth] . . . to declare in writing, that the last king [Charles II.] told him he was never married to his mother.
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Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you. --Jer. iii. 14. To marry ropes. (Naut.)
To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Wiktionary
n. A marriage. vb. (present participle of marry English)
Usage examples of "marrying".
We were alone together, and he began by saying that the Duke of Matalone had told him the reason which had prevented me marrying Leonilda, and that he had always admired my generosity in making her a present of five thousand ducats, though I was far from rich.
She begged her husband to invite a lady whom he had loved before marrying her while she invited Pascal Latilla for herself, and Callimena for me.
It seemed to me that I had brought dishonour upon Bettina, that I had betrayed the confidence of her family, offended against the sacred laws of hospitality, that I was guilty of a most wicked crime, which I could only atone for by marrying her, in case Bettina could make up her mind to accept for her husband a wretch unworthy of her.
I made up my mind to go to Venice as soon as I heard from Therese, as I thought that I could wait for her there more comfortably than in Bologna, and in my native place there was nothing to hinder me from marrying her openly.
I could not make up my mind to consent to her marrying, nor could I resolve to wed her myself and gain certain happiness.
She would not understand--and I did not wonder at it--how I could put off marrying her if I really loved her.
Noir told me that your niece was the daughter of a councillor, and I did not imagine that you would sanction her marrying beneath her.
His son made his fortune in Poland by marrying a lady named Opeska, whom, as they say, he killed, though I have never had any positive proof on the matter, and am willing to stretch Christian charity to the extent of believing he was innocent, although he was quite capable of such a crime.
Manon Baletti, and when I told her my plans she would have thought them delightful if I had begun by marrying her.
I thought that she had made a mistake in marrying him, for a husband acquires certain rights which may become troublesome.
To prove it he told us how he had carried off a girl from Venice with the idea of marrying her, and went to you at Genoa as he was in great necessity.
Nothing was said about marrying, but there was a deal of talk about the strange lands and peoples the new arrival had seen.
I made up my mind that I would rather die than marry him, and answered politely but coldly that I would name the day when I had decided on marrying, but I should require time to think it over.
My readers will remember that I had been on the point of marrying Therese, and this circumstance made me ashamed of presenting myself to her in such a sorry plight.
After marrying her he had taken her to Paris, Vienna, Venice, Florence, Rome, etc.