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reˈmarry, v.|riː-|
Also re-marry.
[re- 5 a.]
1. intr. To enter again into matrimony.
1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. cxi. [cvii.] 320 Thoughe the erle than remary againe the seconde tyme, and haue issue by the seconde wyfe. 1612Webster White Devil v. i, Neere trust them, they'le re-marry Ere the worm peirce your winding sheete. 1673Lady's Call. ii. iii. §16 It is not therefore to be expected that many will..be diverted from remarrying. 1752Carte Hist. Eng. III. 155 The king lost no time in making use of the liberty of remarrying. 1829Southey Sir T. More (1831) II. 78 It being forbidden by the canon law..to remarry..without a special dispensation. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 71 Widows might re-marry if they liked.
b. Const. to (now rare) or with.
c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §145 (1810) 161 The duchess remarried to sir Thomas St. Leger. 1632Sir T. Hawkins tr. Mathieu's Unhappy Prosperitie ii. 238 Robert remarrying with Sancha. 1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1736) I. 174 He re-marry'd to an Heiress. 1895Daily News 14 Nov. 6/2 Upon her mother's remarrying with..an army surgeon. 1901Westm. Gaz. 30 July 4/3 Although she had remarried to a commoner.
2. trans. To unite again in marriage. Chiefly pass.; also const. to.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xxi. 12/2 They aduysed by their counsell that the king shulde be remaryed agayne. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. xi. 260 After his death..shee was remarried to Egfrid. 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 740 After the death of his wife Elisabeth, hee was remarried vnto Violenta. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Re-marrying, Uncanonical marriages are deemed null; and the parties are to be re-married in form. 1830Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. (1863) 202 She is now, however, re-married to a Mr. Browne. 1853Grote Greece ii. lxxxiv. XI. 119 When his property was confiscated and his wife re-married to another. 1888Barrie Auld Licht Idylls xii, Tammas had himself married by Jimmy Pawse,..and after that the minister re-married them.
fig.1647Standard of Equality §9 When the King shall be remarried to the State. a1711Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 171 There each good Soul remains in Widdow'd State, In Longings till remarried to its Mate.
3. To take (a person) as a second husband or wife.
1638Ford Lady's Trial v. ii, This gentleman, Benatzi, Disguised as you see, I have re-married. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 170 She..had married a very foolish rich old banker, and at his death, remarried a more foolish and very poor duke.
Hence reˈmarried ppl. a.
1848Blackw. Mag. Apr. 447 note, In the middle ages re⁓married queens lost their title. |