单词 | remarry |
释义 | remarryv. 1. a. transitive. To join in marriage for a second or subsequent time (people whose first marriage to each other ended in divorce or annulment, or was secret or questionably valid); to arrange or officiate at the remarriage of (a widow or widower, or a person whose first marriage ended in divorce or annulment); also with to. Often in passive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > take person as second spouse [verb (transitive)] > unite again in marriage remarry1523 rewed1639 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxi. f.xiiv/2 They aduysed by their counsell, that the king shulde be remaryed agayne [Fr. comment roy charles fust remarye]. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xi. 310/2 After his death..she was remarried to Egfrid. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 740 After the death of his wife Elisabeth, hee was remarried vnto Violenta. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. iv. viii. 166 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) If she come and acknowledge her fault to the Priest, he enjoyns her Penance for three years; after which he remarries them, and they become man and wife again. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Remarrying Uncanonical Marriages are deem'd null; and the Parties are to be re-married in form. 1794 N. E. Kindersley tr. Hist. Nella-Rajah in Specimans Hindoo Lit. 296 My worthy friend, hast thou heard that Beem-Rajah has announced his intention to remarry that monument of conjugal fidelity, his daughter? 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 74 She is now, however, re-married to a Mr. Brown. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 119 When his property was confiscated and his wife re-married to another. 1888 J. M. Barrie Auld Licht Idylls xii Tammas had himself married by Jimmy Pawse,..and after that the minister re-married them. 1956 E. Evans-Pritchard Nuer Relig. vi. 163 Widows are neither remarried nor inherited but continue till death to be married to their dead husbands to whose names they continue to bear children begotten by their dead husbands' brothers. 1984 Sunday Tel. 22 Jan. 10/1 There is a small core of indissolublists—those who believe it is contrary to the teaching of the Bible and Christian tradition for the church officially to remarry divorced people. 2005 S. M. Braund in W. S. Smith Satiric Advice on Women & Marriage iii. 67 The young sisters who miss their absent husbands refuse to allow their father to remarry them. ΚΠ 1643 T. Fuller Serm. preached at Collegiat Church 21 All that wee desire to see, is the King re-married to the State. 1647 Standard of Equality §9 When the King shall be remarried to the State. 1702 M. Smith Vision v. 139 The Soul charm'd with the Glorious Form they'll meet In Extacy and both with Rapture Greet; Remarry'd thus, to an Eternal State, The Soul it self at large will now dilate. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 171 There each good Soul remains in Widdow'd State, In Longings till remarried to its Mate. 2. To enter again into the state of matrimony, either with the same person, or with a new spouse. a. intransitive. Without a preposition. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > remarry [verb (intransitive)] remarry1525 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxi. [cvii.] 320 Thoughe the erle than remary againe the seconde tyme, and haue issue by the seconde wyfe. 1612 J. Webster White Divel v. i Neere trust them, they'le re-marry Ere the worm peirce your winding sheete. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. iii. §16 It is not therefore to be expected that many will..be diverted from remarrying. 1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 155 The king lost no time in making use of the liberty of remarrying. 1772 tr. P. A. Guys Sentimental Journey through Greece II. xvi. 25 Among the Greeks a widow seldom remarries. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) II. 78 It being forbidden by the canon law..to remarry..without a special dispensation. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxii. 71 Widows might re-marry if they liked. 1946 Liberty 1 June 9/2 The 7,200,000 sod and grass widows of the country..while not as long-lived as the married women or the spinsters, are more likely to remarry than the single ladies are to marry. 1996 L. Gough Choosing Pension iii. 32 If your marriage has been annulled or ended in divorce and you have not remarried, you may be able to claim the pension based on your spouse's contribution record. b. intransitive. With to (now rare) or with. ΚΠ 1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie ii. 238 Robert remarrying with Sancha. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) 161 The duchess remarried to sir Thomas St. Leger. 1655 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia I. i. 100 To enforce this Princess to re-marry with Bianor. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 193 He re-marry'd to an Heiress. 1789 S. Shaw Tour West of Eng. 562 His wife..remarried to Sir Henry Blount of Tittenhanger. 1860 Notes & Queries 9 197/1 Did this lady, the widow of John Seymour,..remarry with Henry, Lord Coleraine? 1895 Daily News 14 Nov. 6/2 Upon her mother's remarrying with..an army surgeon. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 30 July 4/3 Although she had remarried to a commoner. 1951 N. Schachner Thomas Jefferson I. xxix. 389 Old Col. Randolph..had decided to shed his lonely state and remarry—with a young girl no older than his new daughter-in-law. 2000 C. Daniels Subverting Family Romance 157 In the meantime, Levasseur had remarried with a man who had been in Rousseau's employ. 3. transitive. To take (a person) as a second husband or wife. Also: to take as a husband or wife for a second time. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > take person as second spouse [verb (transitive)] superinducea1575 remarry1639 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall v. sig. K3v This Gentleman Benatzi, Disguised as you see, I have re-married. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Religious iii. xxx, in Playes Written 548 If that Lady had not entered into a Religious Order, he might have remarried her, but now he cannot. 1759 tr. Voltaire Candidus I. xix. 55 I should have been obliged, said he [sc. the Jesuit] to his sister, either to kill him or force him to remarry you. 1786 L. MacNally Sedaine's Richard Coeur de Lion i. 2 Nicholas..is honey-moon struck, and remarries Blanch, his wife, after drawing, kicking, plunging and flouncing with her, for fifty years in the matrimonial yoke. 1846 J. G. Nichols Topographer & Genealogist I. 351 As Joan was a widow at twenty-seven, there is nothing improbable that she should remarry a man somewhat older than herself. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 170 She..had married a very foolish rich old banker, and at his death, remarried a more foolish and very poor duke. 1906 Times 1 Aug. 4/1 His mother had recently remarried a gentleman some years her junior. 1952 College Eng. 13 395/1 Her husband divorced her and remarried ‘a more intelligent woman’. 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 7 May 15/6 Prince Philip waded into a right royal stooshie this week when he reportedly said his son..would never remarry his ex-wife. Derivatives reˈmarried adj. [compare French remarié (1534 in Middle French)] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > [adjective] remarried1625 digamous1864 1625 J. Cart (title) The cunning age, or, A re-married woman repenting her marriage. 1746 New Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. III. v. iv. 357/1 Men never want..any Women, but remarried Widows. 1797 tr. A.-R. Le Sage Hist. Vanillo Gonzales II. xliv. 207 I then enquired of Ferrari whether he was again married or remained a widow. ‘Remarried!’ exclaimed he with surprize. 1827 W. Gifford in J. Ford Dramatic Wks. II. 353 The author..has just allowed us to surmise, from Auria's next speech, that the ‘re-married gentleman’ might not be so complete a dupe as he appears. 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 447 (note) In the middle ages re~married queens lost their title. 1925 H. L. Mencken In Def. Women xx. 73 One frequently hears of remarried widowers who continue to moon about their dead first wives, but for a remarried widow to show any such sentimentality would be a nine days' wonder. 2003 Church Times 10 Jan. 10/4 A growing number of divorced and remarried members, who will need special pastoral care. 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