remarry

remarry

English

Etymology

    From re- + marry.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈmæɹi/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -æɹi

    Verb

    remarry (third-person singular simple present remarries, present participle remarrying, simple past and past participle remarried)

    1. To marry a second or subsequent time (the same spouse or a different one) after the end of a marriage.
      After his wife's death, he never remarried.
      To everyone's surprise, after being divorced for ten years the couple eloped to Las Vegas and remarried.
      This church will remarry widows or widowers, but not divorcés.

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