To Marry

1. (intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]
2. (intransitive, with dual subject) To enter into marriage with one another.
3. (transitive) To take as husband or wife. [from 15th c.]
4. (transitive, in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom. [from 14th c.]
5. (transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
6. (transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]
7. (intransitive, figuratively, of inanimate or abstract things) To join or connect.
8. (transitive, figuratively) To unite; to join together into a close union. [from 15th c.]
9. (nautical) To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
10. (nautical) To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.

Synonyms

• get married
• wed

Antonyms

• divorce