remarry

verb

re·​mar·​ry (ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ē How to pronounce remarry (audio)
-ˈma-rē
remarried; remarrying

transitive + intransitive

: to marry again
"… So they got divorced. But they loved each other, so after a break of 10 years, they remarried …"Linda Hashim
… eventually separated and divorced, but though each remarried, they remained close …Margo Jefferson
She divorced her husband soon after the book came out, took up with, married and divorced a local disc jockey, remarried her first husband, dumped him again, and drank herself to death by age 39.Edward Kosner
remarriage
(ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ij How to pronounce remarry (audio)
-ˈma-rij
noun
plural remarriages
a happy remarriage with two children

Examples of remarry in a Sentence

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Yet to Comment, Biden Reacts Former Abundant Life School Coach Calls for Gun Reform After Mass Shooting Abundant Life Christian School Shooting: Three Killed, Others Injured The couple remarried in 2017, according to an order of support. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 When your parent remarries, the new spouse becomes your stepparent. Lillian Stone, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 But John Ramsey, who remarried in 2011, has continued to push the Boulder police to find and arrest his daughter's killer. Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024 Her mother later remarried a white Dane, and Larsen was raised in a white Danish household in Chicago, a rapidly growing and increasingly segregated city. Ethelene Whitmire, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for remarry 

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of remarry was in 1523

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“Remarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remarry. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

remarry

verb
re·​mar·​ry
rē-ˈmar-ē
: to marry again : to marry after an earlier marriage
remarriage
-ij
noun

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