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Intermarry   /ˌɪntərmˈæri/   Listen
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Intermarry  v. i.  To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc. "About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry."






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... honour; and, to convince you that I'm in earnest, I have brought with me a contract, by which our offspring, when of age, are bound to intermarry, or forfeit their several fortunes. I shall settle all mine on Herman, and I shall expect you to do ...
— Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van - Winkle • Charles Burke

... these natives, commonly and generally were, and are: Chiefs with women chiefs; timaguas with those of that rank; and slaves with those of their own class. But sometimes these classes intermarry with one another. They considered one woman, whom they married, as the legitimate wife and the mistress of the house; and she was styled ynasaba. [147] Those whom they kept besides her they considered as friends. The children of the first were regarded as legitimate and whole heirs of ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVI, 1609 • H.E. Blair

... for thirty-seven consecutive years have traded with him. The Kogmollycs have been here "from the beginning," the Nunatalmutes moving into this region in 1889, driven out of their hunting grounds inland from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, by a scarcity of game. The two tribes live in peace and intermarry. The aged among them are respected. Criminals and lunatics are quietly removed from the drama. Supposed incurables commit suicide and in that act reach immediately a ...
— The New North • Agnes Deans Cameron

... before him a plan for her liberation. If the Spanish monarch were willing to assist the Duke of Norfolk and his friends, it would be easy to put upon Mary's head the crown of England. She was then to intermarry with Norfolk. The kingdom of England was again to acknowledge the authority of Rome, and the Catholic religion to be everywhere restored. The most favorable moment for the execution of the plan would be in August or September. As Queen Elizabeth would ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... to intermarry with the noble families became recognized. All of these changes we should perhaps regard as good in themselves, but they nevertheless marked the disintegration of the patriarchal family. The decay of the family life did not ...
— Sociology and Modern Social Problems • Charles A. Ellwood


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