remarry

verb

re·​mar·​ry (ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ē How to pronounce remarry (audio)
-ˈma-rē
remarried; remarrying

transitive + intransitive

: to marry again
"… So they got divorced. But they loved each other, so after a break of 10 years, they remarried …"Linda Hashim
… eventually separated and divorced, but though each remarried, they remained close …Margo Jefferson
She divorced her husband soon after the book came out, took up with, married and divorced a local disc jockey, remarried her first husband, dumped him again, and drank herself to death by age 39.Edward Kosner
remarriage
(ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ij How to pronounce remarry (audio)
-ˈma-rij
noun
plural remarriages
a happy remarriage with two children

Examples of remarry in a Sentence

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Her mother, a housewife, later remarried, and Leichtman was raised in a mixed family of five stepchildren. Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 After her mother remarried, Rich said there was a lot of fighting and instability in the home. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 5 June 2025 Half of the parents also remarried within five years of divorce, introducing stepparents to children's lives, and adding more dependents to the household as a result. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025 Is there pressure to remarry, or would Mahnaz’s plans to do so with Hamid be considered controversial? Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for remarry

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of remarry was in 1523

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“Remarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remarry. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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remarry

verb
re·​mar·​ry
rē-ˈmar-ē
: to marry again : to marry after an earlier marriage
remarriage
-ij
noun

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