remarry

verb

re·​mar·​ry (ˌ)rē-ˈmer-ē 

-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 

-ˈma-rij

noun

plural remarriages

a happy remarriage with two children

Examples of remarry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Men can also divorce and remarry, or divorce and remarry and divorce again, over and over, as many times as their hearts desire. —Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024

The new reality star has been divorced and remarried, and has a blended family with three kids. —Erin Clements, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024

My mom is getting remarried at the age of 84 to a man who is 83 and has never been married. —Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024

Shortly after Willie’s birth, their mother moved to Portland and their dad remarried and also moved away. —Yasmeen Hamadeh, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

remarry

verb

re·​mar·​ry

rē-ˈmar-ē

: to marry again : to marry after an earlier marriage

remarriage

-ij

noun