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# marry

verb (marry, marries, married, marrying)

«marry» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To marry someone means to become their husband or wife in a wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#m1)
2. To marry means to perform the wedding: "The priest married them." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#m2)
3. To marry two things means to join or combine them well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#m3)
4. Marry is an old word, used to mean "indeed" or "truly" to show strong feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories: fairy tales often end with the prince and princess marrying. In everyday life: weddings, getting married. Phrases: marry someone, get married, married to, marry into.

### Examples

- My aunt is going to marry her boyfriend next summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#x1)
- They got married in a small church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#x2)
- The prince married the princess and they lived happily ever after. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#x3)
- My grandparents have been married for fifty years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#x4)
- The judge married the couple at the town hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#x5)
- This dish marries sweet and sour flavours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#x6)
- "Marry, I'm in earnest," said the tinker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: marries, married (y to i). Say "marry someone", not "marry with someone". "Get married" is common in speech. Do not confuse with "merry" (happy) or "Mary" (a name): in some accents they sound alike. In maths: years married = this year's number − wedding year's number.

## In Jewish tradition

Ezra and Nehemiah condemn marrying foreign women who worshipped other gods. The worry was that they would lead Israel away from God.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads these laws as being about protecting the faith and keeping the people loyal to God. It was not seen as hatred of other nations.

### Examples

- Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?' (Writings NEH.13.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/marry/#x1)

### Note

Spelling: marries, married (y to i). Say "marry someone", not "marry with someone". "Get married" is common in speech. Do not confuse with "merry" (happy) or "Mary" (a name): in some accents they sound alike. In maths: years married = this year's number − wedding year's number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «marry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«marry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/marry.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «marry» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/marry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«marry» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/marry.html) on Mova free.