(mar′ē) v. ·ried, ·ry·ing v.t.
1. To join as husband and wife in marriage.
2. To take in marriage.
3. To give in marriage.
4. To unite closely.
5. Naut. To fasten end to end, as ropes, without increasing the diameter.
—v.i.
6. To take a husband or wife. [<OF marier <L maritare <maritus a husband, married]
—mar′ri·er noun

(mar′ē) interj. Archaic
An exclamation of surprise or asseveration: a euphemistic variant of Mary! or by Mary! [Alter. of MARY; with ref. to the Virgin Mary]