marry

mar|ry [ `meri ] verb ***

1. ) transitive if someone marries someone else, they become the husband or wife of that person:

The day I married Sarah was the happiest day of my life.

a ) intransitive if someone marries, they become the husband or wife of someone:

When two people marry, they enter into a contract with each other.

b ) transitive to perform the ceremony in which two people become husband and wife:

The priest will only marry you if you are members of the church.

c ) transitive to persuade or force someone to become the husband or wife of someone else:

marry someone to someone: They were hoping to marry her to a doctor.

2. ) transitive FORMAL to combine one thing with another:

marry something with something: They've devised a menu that marries traditional ingredients with modern tastes.

`marry into phrasal verb transitive

marry into something to become a member of a family, religion, social group, etc. by becoming the husband or wife of someone who already belongs to it:

Their seven daughters all married into prominent local families.

,marry `off phrasal verb transitive

to find a husband or wife for someone:

marry someone off to someone: They tried to marry their daughter off to a wealthy businessman.