marry

marry: 'mæri
verb

1) (to take (a person) as one's husband or wife: John married my sister; They married in church.) gifte seg (med), bli gift

2) ((of a clergyman etc) to perform the ceremony of marriage between (two people): The priest married them.) vie

3) (to give (a son or daughter) as a husband or wife: He married his son to a rich woman.) gifte bort

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verb \/ˈmærɪ\/

1) gifte seg (med), inngå ekteskap, ekte

• he asked her to marry him

han fridde til henne \/ han spurte om hun ville gifte seg med ham

2) vie, forene (i ektestanden)

3) forene, forbinde, knytte sammen

• common interests marry the two countries

de to landene er forent gjennom felles interesser

4) (sjøfart) sammenføye, bendsle, (surre) sammen

marry beneath oneself gifte seg under sin stand

marry for better (or) for worse love å elske hverandre i gode og onde dager

marry for love gifte seg av kjærlighet

marry in haste, repent at leisure den som har hast med å gifte seg, får god tid til å angre

marry into gifte seg inn i

• she married into a prosperous family

hun giftet seg inn i en velstående familie

marry money gifte seg til penger

marry off gifte bort

marry up knytte sammen

be the marrying kind passe til å være gift

• she was not the marrying kind

hun passet ikke til å være gift
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interj. \/ˈmærɪ\/

(gammeldags, også marry come up) sannelig, minsanten

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Synonyms:

Join in marriage, unite in marriage / Wed, espouse, take for husband or wife, lead to the altar, bestow one's hand upon / Give in marriage, dispose of in wedlock / Unite, join, make one, Indeed, forsooth, in truth

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