outmarry

verb

transitive verb

: to marry a person superior to (oneself)

my grandfather outmarried himself more than any man you ever saw

—C. E. Craddock

intransitive verb

[out entry 1 + marry] : to marry outside one's own family, race, or other grouping

Word History

Etymology

out- + marry

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