remarry

verb

remarry

verb

UK /ɹiːˈmæɹi/

Etymology From re- + marry.

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.
1 more example
  • This church will remarry widows or widowers, but not divorcés.
Derived terms
remarrier

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