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Marry, vb. 1) to take a husband or a wife; absol.: “no --ing 'mong his subjects,” Tp. II, 1, 165. “I will m. one day,” Err. II, 1, 42. Wiv. IV, 6, 50. Ado II, 3, 237. III, 4, 89. Hml. I, 2, 156 etc. trans.: “if you will m. me,” Tp. III, 1, 83. Gent. II, 5, 15. Gent. II, 5, 15 IV, 3, 16. Wiv. I, 1, 232. V, 3, 9. V, 5, 182. Meas. I, 4, 49. III, 1, 221. V, 382. V, 382 Ado IV, 1, 4. Mids. I, 1, 25. Mids. I, 1, 25 H6A II, 5, 86. H6B I, 1, 4. H6C III, 2, 111 etc. Intr., followed by with: “to m. with Nan Page,” Wiv. IV, 4, 85. “before he --ed with her,” Meas. II, 1, 179. “to m. with Demetrius,” Mids. I, 1, 40. Ado V, 4, 37. Shr. IV, 2, 33. R3 I, 3, 100. Rom. III, 5, 219. Hml. I, 2, 151. III, 4, 29. Oth. IV, 2, 90. --ed == having a husband or a wife: Wiv. III, 5, 144. IV, 2, 23. Meas. IV, 2, 4. V, 171. V, 171 Ado I, 1, 270. LLL V, 2, 912. LLL V, 2, 912 As III, 3, 61. Ant. I, 3, 20. II, 2, 125. Cymb. V, 1, 2 etc. “my --ed wife,” R2 V, 1, 73. H6B II, 4, 28. “a --ed life,” Per. II, 5, 4. “--ed chastity,” Phoen. 61 (== a chaste matrimony).
The simple vb. for the refl.: you two would m. == m. each other, Wiv. III, 2, 15; cf. Embrace, Greet, Hug, Kiss, Know, Kill, Look, Love, See.
Used with reference to the ceremony performed by a priest; followed by with: “and with him at Eton immediately to m.” Wiv. IV, 6, 25. trans.: “thus, I trust, you will not m. her,” Shr. III, 2, 117. Wiv. IV, 4, 75. IV, 6, 32. Mids. I, 1, 161.
2) to join in matrimony; a) as disposing of a person: “would I had never --ed my daughter there,” Tp. II, 1, 108. “you would have --ed her most shamefully,” Wiv. V, 5, 234. I, 1, 256. All's III, 5, 56. Lr. I, 1, 131 etc. Followed by with: “to m. me with Octavius Caesar,” Ant. I, 2, 29. oftener by “to:” Wiv. III, 4, 87. V, 5, 204. Meas. II, 1, 184. IV, 3, 183. V, 520. Err. II, 2, 177. Err. II, 2, 177 Ado IV, 1, 7. Ado IV, 1, 7 LLL III, 122. Merch. I, 2, 55. IV, 1, 94. H6C III, 2, 111. R3 IV, 2, 55 etc. b) as performing the rite (German trauen): Wiv. V, 5, 216. Ado III, 1, 100. IV, 1, 8. V, 4, 120. Mids. IV, 2, 17. As III, 3, 85. As III, 3, 85 As III, 3, 85 As III, 3, 85 IV, 1, 125. Shr. II, 181. Rom. II, 3, 64. V, 3, 233. with to: “he --ed me before to Romeo,” Rom. IV, 3, 27.
3) Metaphorically, --ed == closely joined, and hence concordant, harmonious: “well-tuned sounds, by unions --ed,” Sonn. 8, 6. “thou wert not --ed to my Muse,” 82, 1. “our inward souls --ed in league,” John III, 1, 228. “their spirits are so --ed in conjunction,” H4B V, 1, 77. “the unity and --ed calm of states,” Troil. I, 3, 100. “speculation turns not to itself, till it hath travelled and is --ed there where it may see itself,” III, 3, 110 (some M. Edd. mirrored, but the verb to mirror is unknown to Sh.; cf., besides, John II, 501 etc.). “examine every --ed lineament and see how one another lends content,” Rom. I, 3, 83 (reading of Q2; the rest of O. Edd. several). “like a master --ed to your good service,” Ant. IV, 2, 31. “it must be --ed to that your diamond,” Cymb. II, 4, 97.
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