MARRY

[verb] - to become the legally accepted husband or wife of (someone) in an official or religious ceremonyMen tend to marry later than women. [I]Paul married Lucy four years ago. [T]Carol recently gave birth to a daughter, but she has no plans to marry at present. [I]See also marriage.See study section: RelationshipsTo marry is also to perform the ceremony of marriage as a priest or official.Who married them? [T]The couple were married by the Archbishop of Canterbury . [T]He married into (= married someone from) a wealthy farming family.My father's trying to marry me (off) to (= make me marry) his accountant's daughter. [T or M](figurative) We need to marry (up) (= match) the names on your list with those on my list and see what the overlap is. [T or M]If you marry beneath you, you marry someone who people think is not good enough for you because he or she is from a lower social class.They thought she married beneath her by marrying a country doctor when she should have married into the peerage.He always said he wanted to marry money (= marry someone rich).I'm surprised she's accepted his proposal - I didn't think she was the marrying kind (= likely to marry).(saying) 'Marry in haste, repent at leisure' means that you will regret it if you get married without knowing the person well.