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verb

  • To formally accept, choose, or receive someone, often in the context of marriage or adopting a significant responsibility.

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His apprehensions being immediately dispersed, he obeyed the heavenly intimation, "to take unto him Mary his wife."

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus

We were not crowded; my excellent friend C——e was in company, on his way to take unto him a wife, and consequently the trip was to me unusually agreeable.

From Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Power, Tyrone

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  • bind oneself to
  • claim as one's own
  • form a union with

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  • cut ties with

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