Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - marry

~ v marries, married, marrying 1 to become someone's husband or wife  (get married (to))  (I got married when I was 18. | Billy got married to the first girl he went out with. | marry sb)  (one of those romances about a rich tycoon who marries his secretary | marry money (=marry someone who is rich)) 2 to perform the ceremony at which two people get married  (The priest who married us was really nice.) 3 to find a husband or wife for one of your children  (marry sb to sb)  (She's determined to marry all her daughters to rich men.) 4 formal to combine two quite different ideas, designs, tastes etc together  (marry sth with sth)  (The design marries traditional styles with modern materials.) 5 not the marrying kind not the kind of person who wants to get married marry into sth phr v to join a family or social group by marrying someone who belongs to it  (She married into a very wealthy family.) marry sb off phr v to find a husband or wife for someone  (They married her off to the first young man who came along.)  ( USAGE NOTE: MARRY GRAMMAR You marry someone or get/are married to someone, not with them. But you can be married with four children. SPOKEN-WRITTEN Get married is more informal and more common in spoken English than marry Marti is getting married to Jeff next week (compare Marti is marrying Jeff next week). In spoken English, speakers often avoid to with married by saying, for example Jeff and Marti got married/are married. )