intermarry

[ in-ter-mar-ee ]

verb (used without object),in·ter·mar·ried, in·ter·mar·ry·ing.

to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
to marry within one's family.

to marry outside one's religion, ethnic group, etc.
to marry.

Origin of intermarry

First recorded in 1565–75; inter- + marry¹

Words Nearby intermarry

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How to use intermarry in a sentence

In both countries, Indigenous children were encouraged to intermarry with other communities when they grew up — and were at times even paid if they did so.
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Everyone understood that people of different races could intermarry, in principle.
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The subtext is that each of us is responsible for all of us, and if we intermarry, we risk disappearing completely.
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It is impossible for a person of one caste to be received into another, or to intermarry with any one belonging to it.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
Kinsmen were required to intermarry, and in case of refusal the near relative was treated with the utmost public indignity.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus Cox

The Jews never intermarry with other races and form a distinct society of their own.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 | Various
Neither did they always intermarry, though they do now; their offspring being called Mookh, or descendants.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham
Persons of even the remotest degree of relationship are forbidden to intermarry.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for intermarry

intermarry

/ (ˌɪntəˈmærɪ) /

verb-ries, -rying or -ried (intr)

(of different groups, races, religions, creeds, etc) to become connected by marriage
to marry within one's own family, clan, group, etc

Derived forms of intermarry

intermarriage, noun

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