marry
mar·ry1 / ˈmarē/ • v. (-ries, -ried) [tr.] 1. join in marriage: I was married in church the priest who married us he was engaged to get married to Ginger. ∎ take (someone) as one's wife or husband in marriage: Eric asked me to marry him. ∎ [intr.] enter into marriage: they had no plans to marry. ∎ [intr.] (marry into) become a member of (a family) by marriage. ∎ (of a parent or guardian) give (a son or daughter) in marriage, esp. for reasons of expediency: her parents married her to a wealthy landowner.2. cause to meet or fit together; combine: the two halves are trimmed and married up the show marries poetry with art. ∎ [intr.] meet or blend with something: most Chardonnays don't marry well with salmon. ∎ Naut. splice (ropes) end to end without increasing their girth.PHRASES: marry money inf. marry a rich person.mar·ry2 • interj. archaic expressing surprise, indignation, or emphatic assertion.
marry
marry in May, rue for aye proverbial saying, late 17th century, but earlier in Latin. Ovid comments in his Fasti ‘if proverbs influence you, the common people say it is bad luck to marry in May.’
never marry for money, but marry where money is proverbial saying, late 19th century, distinguishing between monetary gain as a primary objective and a side benefit.
See also better to marry than to burn, marriage, a young man married.