intermarry
verb (used without object)
to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
intermarried
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past participleof intermarry.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof intermarry.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
intermarryverb (used without object)to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
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
The genetic analysis shows the Xianbei people intermarried with ethnically Han Chinese when they migrated southward into northern China.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
Royal families commonly intermarried to maintain political alliances, which helps explain how Odenkirk is distantly related to .
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
But I have spoken to more than I can count who were treated as though they did not, in fact, belong because they were the product of intermarriage, or because they themselves were intermarried.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2024
The dozen rich families have intermarried so many times that family trees are tangles of roots.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
