- OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband, fr. masmaris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritral
- 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.
- 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.
- To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.Mæcenas took the liberty to tell him [Augustus] that he must either marry his daughter [Julia] to Agrippa, or take away his life.
- To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.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.
- Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you.
