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INTERMARRY
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Irregular inflected form: intermarried
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they intermarry ... he / she / it intermarries
Past simple: 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)