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marry (MAIR ee) (verb)
To join in a close and typically permanent relationship, or wedlock, usually through a ceremony: Rena and Ryan decided to marry as soon as they could arrange it.
Mary (MAIR ee) (noun)
A woman’s name: Jason's Aunt Mary is coming to visit him next week.
merry (MER ee) (adjective)
High spirited, joyful; full of fun; lively laughter and cheerfulness: Tabitha saw the merry group of children playing in the park.
Trina's friend, Mary, always stated, "I shall make merry when I marry."
Marriage is said to be a climate where the husband usually reigns and the wife often storms.
Also, in some cases, marriage can begin with "I do" and end with "adieu".
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(Latin: unmarried; vow not to marry; chaste, morally pure in thought and conduct; that which is considered to be decent and virtuous behavior)
(Greek: from gamet[e], "wife" and gamet[es], "husband" [from gamein, "to marry"]; used chiefly as "pertaining to a gamete, a mature reproductive cell")
(Latin: from the stem of nubere, "to marry, to wed")