marrytake a husband or wife; wed; combine, connect, join: The new cars marry fuel efficiency and roominess.Not to be confused with:merry ? happy, cheery, glad; jolly, jovial, mirthful; joyous in disposition: a merry old elfAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreemar·ry 1 (m?r??)v. mar·ried, mar·ry·ing, mar·ries v.tr.1. a. To join in marriage: They have been married for 25 years.b. To take as a spouse: She married him two years ago.c. To give in marriage: They married their daughter to a nobleman.2. To perform a marriage ceremony for: The rabbi married the couple.3. To obtain by marriage: marry money.4. Nautical To join (two ropes) end to end, as by splicing or seizing.5. To unite in a close, usually permanent way: “His material marries the domestic and the exotic” (Clifton Fadiman).v.intr.1. To enter into marriage; wed: They married in their twenties.2. To combine or blend agreeably: Let the flavors marry overnight.[Middle English marien, from Old French marier, from Latin mar?t?re, from mar?tus, married.]mar·ry 2 (m?r??)interj. Archaic Used as an exclamation of surprise or emphasis.[Middle English Marie, the Virgin Mary, ultimately from Greek Maria; see Mary1.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.marry (?mær?) vb, -ries, -rying or -ried1. to take (someone as one’s partner) in marriage2. (tr) to join or give in marriage3. (tr) to acquire (something) by marriage: marry money. 4. to unite closely or intimately5. (sometimes foll by: up) to fit together or align (two things); join6. (Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical a. to match up (the strands) of unlaid ropes before splicingb. to seize (two ropes) together at intervals along their lengths[C13: from Old French marier, from Latin mar?t?re, from mar?tus married (man), perhaps from m?s male] ?marrier nmarry (?mær?) interjarchaic an exclamation of surprise, anger, etc[C14: euphemistic for the Virgin Mary]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014mar?ry1 (?mær i) v. -ried, -ry?ing. v.t. 1. to take as a husband or wife; take in marriage. 2. to perform the marriage ceremony for; join in wedlock. 3. to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of: married off all their children. 4. to join or unite intimately. 5. to gain through marriage: to marry money. v.i. 6. to take a husband or wife; wed. 7. to unite closely or agreeably; blend: This wine and cheese marry well. [1250?1300; Middle English marien If you are married to someone, they are your husband or wife.When you marry someone, you become their husband or wife during a special ceremony.Be Careful!Don’t use ‘to’ after marry. Don’t say ‘I wanted to marry to him’.Marry is not usually used without an object. Don’t say, for example, that a person ‘marries’ or that two people ‘marry’. Say that they get married.Marry is sometimes used without an object, but this is a literary or old-fashioned use.