To join or be joined in marriage

• marry

  1. To unite in a close, usually permanent way:
  2. To get married; take a spouse
  3. To perform a marriage ceremony for:

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  1. To unite in a close, usually permanent way:
  2. To get married; take a spouse
  3. To perform a marriage ceremony for:

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• mate

  1. To join as a pair; couple
  2. To couple in marriage or sexual union
  3. To become joined in marriage or a romantic sexual relationship.

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  1. To join as a pair; couple
  2. To couple in marriage or sexual union
  3. To become joined in marriage or a romantic sexual relationship.

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• wed

  1. To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.
  2. To become married; take a husband or wife
  3. To marry

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  1. To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.
  2. To become married; take a husband or wife
  3. To marry

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• hitch

  1. To move jerkily; walk haltingly; limp; hobble
  2. (Informal) To get (a ride) by hitchhiking:
  3. To become fastened or caught, as by becoming entangled or hooking on to something

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  1. To move jerkily; walk haltingly; limp; hobble
  2. (Informal) To get (a ride) by hitchhiking:
  3. To become fastened or caught, as by becoming entangled or hooking on to something

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To take, as another's idea, and make one's own

• adopt

  1. To take on the legal responsibilities as parent of (a child that is not one's biological child).
  2. To choose and bring into a certain relationship
  3. To vote to accept:

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  1. To take on the legal responsibilities as parent of (a child that is not one's biological child).
  2. To choose and bring into a certain relationship
  3. To vote to accept:

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• embrace

  1. (Law) To try illegally to influence or instruct (a jury)
  2. To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
  3. To join in an embrace.

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  1. (Law) To try illegally to influence or instruct (a jury)
  2. To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
  3. To join in an embrace.

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• take on

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• take up

  1. To occupy; to consume (space or time).
  2. To implement, to employ, to put into use.
  3. (With on) To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.

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  1. To occupy; to consume (space or time).
  2. To implement, to employ, to put into use.
  3. (With on) To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.

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To support

• advocate

  1. To speak, plead, or argue in favor of:
  2. To act as an advocate:
  3. To speak or write in support of; be in favor of

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  1. To speak, plead, or argue in favor of:
  2. To act as an advocate:
  3. To speak or write in support of; be in favor of

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• adopt

  1. To take on or assume:
  2. To choose and bring into a certain relationship
  3. To vote to accept:

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  1. To take on or assume:
  2. To choose and bring into a certain relationship
  3. To vote to accept:

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• take up

  1. (With on) To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.
  2. To occupy; to consume (space or time).
  3. To implement, to employ, to put into use.

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  1. (With on) To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.
  2. To occupy; to consume (space or time).
  3. To implement, to employ, to put into use.

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• uphold

  1. To hold aloft; raise:
  2. To give moral or spiritual support or encouragement to
  3. To decide in favor of; agree with and support against opposition; sustain

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  1. To hold aloft; raise:
  2. To give moral or spiritual support or encouragement to
  3. To decide in favor of; agree with and support against opposition; sustain

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To take as a spouse

• marry

  1. To join as spouses; unite in wedlock
  2. To get married; take a spouse
  3. To enter into marriage; wed:

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  1. To join as spouses; unite in wedlock
  2. To get married; take a spouse
  3. To enter into marriage; wed:

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• wed

  1. To become married; take a husband or wife
  2. To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.
  3. To marry

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  1. To become married; take a husband or wife
  2. To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.
  3. To marry

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• betroth

  1. To promise in marriage
  2. To promise to give in marriage.
  3. (Obs.) To promise to marry

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  1. To promise in marriage
  2. To promise to give in marriage.
  3. (Obs.) To promise to marry

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