transitive verb married -·ried, marrying -·ry·ing

1. 1. to join as spouses; unite in wedlock
   2. to join (a man) to a woman as her husband, or (a woman) to a man as his wife
2. to take as spouse; take in marriage
3. to join closely or intimately; unite

Etymology: ME marien < OFr marier < L maritare < maritus, a husband, married, prob. < IE base *meri, young wife, akin to *meryo, young man > Sans márya-, man, young man, suitor

intransitive verb

1. to get married; take a spouse
2. to enter into a close or intimate relationship; unite