ma
rry
Third Person
marries
Present Participle
marrying
Past Tense
married
Past Participle
married
1
to become someone's husband or wife
- She didn't expect to marry so soon, but she fell in love.
- She married her high school sweetheart when she was 20.
- She's so happy to marry the love of her life.
- They married in a small, intimate ceremony with only family and close friends.
- They plan to marry next summer in a beach ceremony.
2
to officiate or conduct a marriage ceremony for a couple
transitive
- The priest married the couple in a beautiful ceremony at the church.
- He offered to marry them in the garden under the large oak tree.
- The justice of the peace married the couple at a small courthouse ceremony.
- They asked the pastor to marry them in the church where they had first met.
- They invited their favorite teacher to marry them in an intimate family gathering.