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Marrying vs. Marring

Marrying and Marring Definitions

Marrying

To join in marriage
They have been married for 25 years.

Marring

To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on.

Marrying

To take as a spouse
She married him two years ago.

Marring

To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.

Marrying

To give in marriage
They married their daughter to a nobleman.

Marring

A disfiguring mark; a blemish.
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Marrying

To perform a marriage ceremony for
The rabbi married the couple.

Marring

Something that mars or spoils; a blemish.

Marrying

To obtain by marriage
Marry money.

Marrying

(Nautical) To join (two ropes) end to end, as by splicing or seizing.

Marrying

To unite in a close, usually permanent way
"His material marries the domestic and the exotic" (Clifton Fadiman).

Marrying

To enter into marriage; wed
They married in their twenties.
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Marrying

To combine or blend agreeably
Let the flavors marry overnight.

Marrying

Present participle of marry

Marrying

A marriage.

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