intermarry
verb (used without object)
to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
intermarrying
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present participleof intermarry.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Social circles remain tight, with military families often intermarrying.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2021
“The Coopers are so intermarried—that’s the polite way of putting it—that they have their own genealogist in South Carolina and North Carolina to make sure they’re not intermarrying again,” Mooney told me.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 30, 2019
But socially, the groups are mingling more—and increasingly intermarrying.
From Economist ● Aug. 31, 2017
He and his colleagues speculate that Melanesians arrived in the area 2,800 to 3,000 years ago, intermarrying with the Lapita.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2015
From World War I to Hitler’s rise, the Jews in Germany had been increasingly intermarrying.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
