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Intermarry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To marry a member of another group.

verb-intransitive. To be bound together by the marriages of members.

verb-intransitive. To marry within one's family, tribe, or clan.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To marry a member of another group, social stratum, or religion.

v. To marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To become connected by marriage, as two families, clans, classes, or tribes.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group

Word Usage

"This is obvious; for suppose distinct places, such as Corinth and Megara, to be brought together so that their walls touched, still they would not be one city, not even if the citizens had the right to intermarry, which is one of the rights peculiarly characteristic of states."

Verb Form

intermarried intermarries intermarrying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

conjoin hook up with get married espouse wed

Cross Reference

intermarried

Variant

intermarried

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

marry

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Barrie Barry Garry Gary barry

Same Context

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