intermarry
verb (used without object)
to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
are intermarrying
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present progressiveof intermarry.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In England they are intermarrying, is it not so, with the aristocracy?”
From The Traitors by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
They are rapidly breaking up as a tribe, and are intermarrying with the coast natives and hill tribes, from both of whom they are adopting artifacts and ideas.
From The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition by Fay-Cooper Cole
Burmans and Chinese are intermarrying, and are producing a most vigorous offspring.
From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong
