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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
1. 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.
--Gay.
2. 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. --Evelyn.
3. 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. --Bacon.
4. 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.
--Bp. Lloyd.
5. 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.)
a To place two ropes along side of each other so that
they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
b To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass
through a block. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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