Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Marry \Mar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Married}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Marrying}.] [OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus
   husband, fr. mas, maris, a male. See {Male}, and cf.
   {Maritral}.]
   1. 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.

            Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself.
                                                  --Gay.

   2. 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.

            A woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth
            husband, and being now a widow, was prohibited to
            marry.                                --Evelyn.

   3. To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.

            M[ae]cenas took the liberty to tell him [Augustus]
            that he must either marry his daughter [Julia] to
            Agrippa, or take away his life.       --Bacon.

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

   Note: 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.
                                                  --Bp. Lloyd.

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

            Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I
            am married unto you.                  --Jer. iii.
                                                  14.

   {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.