marry

marry is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, interjection, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. transitive verb. To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
4. transitive verb. To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.
5. transitive verb. Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
6. intransitive verb. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
7. interjection. Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.
8. verb. take in marriage

   Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, wed

9. verb. perform a marriage ceremony

   "The minister married us on Saturday"

   "We were wed the following week"

   Synonyms: splice, tie, wed

Synonyms

conjoin, espouse, wed, splice, tie

Common word forms

marrys, married, marrier, marries, marryer, marrying

Words from these letters

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