Good Books

4. To take for husband or wife. See the Note
below.

&fist; We say, a man is married to or marries a
woman; or, a woman is married to or marries a man. Both
of these uses are equally well authorized; but given in
marriage is said only of the woman.

They got him [the Duke of Monmouth] . . . to declare
in writing, that the last king [Charles II.] told him he was never
married to his mother.

5. Figuratively, to unite in the closest and
most endearing relation.

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am
married unto you.

To marry ropes. (Naut.)
(a) To place two ropes along side of each other
so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
(b) To join two ropes end to end so that both
will pass through a block. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Mar"ry, v. i. To enter into the
conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.


Pages:
338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362