Meanings
verbremarry (third-person singular simple present remarries, present participle remarrying, simple past and past participle remarried)
present singular third person remarries · participle present remarrying · participle past remarried · past remarried
- 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.
2 more examples
To everyone's surprise, after being divorced for ten years the couple eloped to Las Vegas and remarried.
This church will remarry widows or widowers, but not divorcés.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishmarry
- Englishremarry
Translations
Bulgarian женя се повторно
- женя се повторно (ženja se povtorno)To marry a second or subsequent time
Chinese Mandarin 再婚
- 再婚 (zàihūn)To marry a second or subsequent time
Dutch hertrouwen
- hertrouwenTo marry a second or subsequent time
Finnish mennä uusiin naimisiin, mennä uudestaan naimisiin
- mennä uusiin naimisiinTo marry a second or subsequent time
- mennä uudestaan naimisiinTo marry a second or subsequent time
Hungarian újraházasodik
- újraházasodikTo marry a second or subsequent time
Norwegian Bokmål gifte seg på nytt
- gifte seg på nyttTo marry a second or subsequent time
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with remarry
harrycarryGaryvarylarrybarrymarrycarrieparrybaritarrymiscarryintermarryDarryClarryDrarryfetch and carryfetch-and-carryintramarry
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
remarry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarry
MLA
“remarry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remarry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarry.
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