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Married   /mˈɛrid/   Listen
verb
Marry  v. t.  (past & past part. married; pres. part. marrying)  
1.
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."
2.
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."
3.
To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife. "Maecenas took the liberty to tell him (Augustus) that he must either marry his daughter (Julia) to Agrippa, or take away his life."
4.
To take for husband or wife. See the Note below. Note: We say, a man is married to or marries a woman; or, a woman is married to or marries a man. Both of these uses are equally well authorized; but given in marriage is said only of the woman. "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."
5.
Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation. "Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you."
To marry ropes. (Naut.)
(a)
To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
(b)
To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block.



Marry  v. i.  To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. "I will, therefore, that the younger women marry."
Marrying man, a man disposed to marry. (Colloq.)



adjective
Married  adj.  
1.
Being in the state of matrimony; having a spouse; wedded; as, a married man or woman; of one person.
2.
Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state; one's married name.
3.
Wedded to each other; as, a married couple; John and Joan are no longer married; of two people.
4.
Hence: (fig.) Joined to form one object; united.






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"Married" Quotes from Famous Books



... a girl whom we rather felt sorry for, (her mother, who was a de los Santos, having married an American from Boston), having less faith in Madre Moreno's power than the rest of her neighbours had tried that never-failing test for witchcraft, and placed a piece of steel under the chair where the Madre was sitting, but she, ...
— The Beautiful Eyes of Ysidria • Charles A. Gunnison

... indirectly caused his mother's death. Women, indeed, had always been near him, and there were times when he thought regretfully of Mrs. Moss. There were none but menservants at Aston house, and the only glimpse of femininity was afforded by the flying visits of Constantia, Mr. Aston's married daughter. She would at times invade Aymer's room, a vision of delicate colourings and marvellous gowns. She was a tall, dark, lovely woman who carried on the traditional family beauty with no poverty of detail. She seemed to Christopher to be ever going on somewhere or returning from somewhere. ...
— Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker • Marguerite Bryant

... various ways, also to take a turn. For some years, though a person by no means given to miscellaneous acquaintances, he had been slowly forming the remarkable circle of friends from whose combined brains was soon to start the Edinburgh Review. He fell in love, and married his second cousin, Catherine Wilson, on 1st November 1801—a bold and by no means canny step, for his father was ill-off, the bride was tocherless, and he says that he had never earned a hundred pounds a year ...
— Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 • George Saintsbury

... of Mr. Godstone's ships, and will be his first officer on next voyage. He has gone through many adventures since, but none approaching in interest and excitement to those which occurred on his two voyages in the Wild Wave. His mother still lives at Dulwich, and Lily is engaged to be married to Arthur Hill as soon as the latter attains the rank of captain. Jack is neither engaged nor married, but his mother has a strong idea that before very long he and Mildred Godstone will come to an understanding with ...
— A Chapter of Adventures • G. A. Henty

... futility of grief and the wisdom of turning her back upon sorrow when she could. The sight of a two-year-old baby boy would still bring tears to her eyes, and she could not sit through a picture show that had scenes of children and happy married couples, but she fought the pain of it as a weakness which she must overcome. Her Lovin Child was gone; she had given up everything but the sweet, poignant memory of how pretty he had been and ...
— Cabin Fever • B. M. Bower


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