(a) Of parents or superiors: to give (offspring, subordinates) in marriage; give (sb.) in marriage (to sb.); cause (sb.) to unite (with another) in marriage; -- with til, to, unto, with; also fig.; (b) ppl. maried, having a spouse; joined to each other in marriage; fig. of a church or bishopric: joined or tied (to the bishop); maried man, a married man; maried ring, a ring worn to signify the person's spiritual union with Christ; (c) ppl. maried, ?joined.

(a) To get married, marry; be united (with sb.) in marriage; don ~, give (sb.) in marriage; leten ~ to, give (sb.) in marriage to (sb.); doughter for to ~, a marriageable daughter; maiden to ~, unmarried maiden; (b) to take (sb.) in marriage; marry (sb.); (c) refl. to marry; ~ to (with), be married to (sb.); ~ togederes, marry each other; also fig.; ~ to the flesh, of Christ: to join (Himself) to the flesh, be incarnated.

(a) To witness or attend the wedding of (sb.); (b) ppl. maried, formally wedded.

?To endow (a daughter) in marriage; provide money for the marriage of (a maiden).