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n) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place. Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself. Gay.

To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

entury from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift.

To marry again.

To annul the marriage of; to divorce. Milton.

To hinder; to withhold. Whether he abstain men from marrying. Milton.

The bleating of a sheep. Marryat.

Baboonish behavior. Marryat.

The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. Wharton.

A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. Marryat.

Bobtailed. "Bobtail cur." Marryat.

A bold lie; also, a liar. [Collog.] Marryat.

Deceitful. [Obs.] Since Frenchmen are so braid, Marry that will, I live and die a maid. Shak.

zley. Abbott. - Breach of promise, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. -- Breach of trust, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one.

eadfirst with full force. [Colloq.] "The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant." Marryat.

e an order for; to request. "Whenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale." Marryat. -- To call on, To call upon, (a) To make a short visit to; as, call on a friend. (b) To appeal to; to invite; to request earnestly; as, to call upon a person to make a speech. (c) To solicit payment, or make a demand, of…

e, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency. Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees,…

Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony. [Colloq.] Marryat.

of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.

One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.