intermarry
verb (used without object)
to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
had intermarried
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past perfectof intermarry.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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U.S. troops and German locals had intermarried and settled down, their children went to local schools and played in the area’s sports clubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
They had intermarried with the great families of the neighbourhood, and with the help of these marble tablets you might have made out a roll of all that was distinguished in Hampshire.
From The Explorer by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Samaritans had intermarried with their heathen neighbors, perhaps more than the Jews in Judæa.
From Hebrew Life and Times by Harold B. (Harold Bruce) Hunting
And the Brandons had intermarried with other Howards, and Five Oaks would naturally, therefore, go to Howards; and so he and his, with clever management, would be anything but novi homines in the county.
From Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The house subsequently passed, it is not quite clear at what date, into the hands of another family of clothiers, the Buxtons, who had intermarried with the Paycockes some time before 1537.
From Medieval People by Eileen Edna Power
