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dismarry

dismarry verb: to free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.

Verb

dismarry (third-person singular simple present dismarries, present participle dismarrying, simple past and past participle dismarried)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
    • He was dismaryed, and maryed agayne to another gentylwoman.1523–1525, John Bourchier, Froissart's Chronicles

Forms of dismarry

third-person singular presentdismarries
present participledismarrying
past participledismarried
pastdismarried

Origin of dismarry

From dis- + marry: compare Old French desmarier, French démarier.

Questions about dismarry

What does dismarry mean?
Dismarry means to free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
What part of speech is dismarry?
Dismarry is a verb.
What is the past tense of dismarry?
The past tense of dismarry is dismarried.

Words near dismarry in the dictionary

  1. dismarched
  2. dismarches
  3. dismarching
  4. dismarried
  5. dismarries
  6. dismarry
  7. dismarrying
  8. Dismas
  9. dismask
  10. dismasked
  11. dismasking

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