marry

marry
marry
A excl sacrebleu!
B vtr
1 lit [priest, registrar, parent] marier ; [bride, groom] se marier avec, épouser ; to get married se marier (to avec) ; they were married by his uncle c'est son oncle qui les a mariés ; they were married in 1989 ils se sont mariés en 1989 ; will you marry me? veux-tu m'épouser? ;
2 fig marier [ideas, styles, colours] ; to be married to one's job hum ne vivre que pour son travail.
C vi se marier ; to marry into a family entrer dans une famille par le mariage ; to marry for love/money faire un mariage d'amour/d'argent ; he's not the marrying kind il n'est pas du genre à se marier ; to marry into money épouser un homme/une femme riche ; to marry again se remarier ; to marry beneath oneself se mésallier.
Phrasal verb
marry off :
marry off [sb], marry [sb] off marier (to à, avec).

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