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marry
/mæ-ree/
 
vt, vi, v-recip.
 
1.
Def.: eg-asawa; egpeg-asaweey
MS: eg-asawa; egpeg-asaweey
If two people marry, they make promises in order to become husband and wife.
My father married my mother 25 years ago.
My father and mother married 25 years ago.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: egpeg-asawa
MS: egpeg-asawa
If someone with authority marries two people, he or she performs the ceremony in which the two people become husband and wife.
The pastor married my boyfriend and me.
 
vt.
 
3.
Def.: egpegsewug; egpeg-amul
MS: egpegsewug; egpeg-amul
If you marry two things or ideas, you put them together.
His songs marry tribal music and modern music.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0776-0800
 
 
get married
 
phrase.
Def.: egpeg-asaweey
MS: egpeg-asaweey
If two people get married, they become husband and wife.
My father and mother got married 25 years ago.
Status: ready

Last updated: 25/Jan/2012