marrying Definition

marry¹
verb marries, married, marrying

1. To take someone as one's husband or wife

Example: Will you marry me?
Thesaurus: wed, espouse, mate; Antonym: divorce.
2. Said of a priest, minister, official, etc: to perform the ceremony of marriage between two people.

Example: My uncle married us
intr
3. To become joined in marriage.

Example: We married last June
Thesaurus: tie the knot, get hitched (slang); Antonym: divorce.
4. Said of a parent, guardian, etc: to give (a son, daughter or ward) in marriage to someone.

Form: marry someone to someone (usually)
intr
5. To fit together, join up, or match (usually two things) correctly.

Example: The two sides do not marry
Thesaurus: unite, bond, join, link, merge, ally, unify.
Form: marry something up (also)

Derivative: marrying
adj

Likely to marry or inclined towards marriage.
Example: not the marrying kind

Etymology: 13c: from French marier, from Latin maritare, from maritus a husband.

Phrasal Verb: marry into something

To become involved in or associated with it by marriage.
Example: married into a large, close-knit family
To acquire it by marriage.
Example: He married into money

Phrasal Verb: marry someone off

To find a husband or wife for them.