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To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony
of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a
woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place. |
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To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife,
or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4. |
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To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife. |
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To take for husband or wife. See the Note below. |
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Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing
relation. |
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To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a
husband or a wife. |
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Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to
have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary. |
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