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INTERMARRY (intermarried)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intermarry mean?
• INTERMARRY (verb)
The verb INTERMARRY has 1 sense:
1. marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group
Familiarity information: INTERMARRY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it intermarries Past simple: intermarried
Past participle: intermarried
-ing form: intermarrying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "intermarry" is one way to...):
conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
intermarriage (marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law)
intermarriage (marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law)
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