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

Carolyn Bryant remarried, taking the last name Donham. —Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024

According to Vanity Fair, Martha Stewart never remarried after her 1900 divorce, but Andy Stewart did. —Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 1 Nov. 2024

Neither Carey nor Cannon have remarried since their divorce almost a decade ago. —Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 28 Oct. 2024

On the market Asking $1.8 million, a town house with ties to Frederick Douglass in Washington, DC Photo: Derek & Vee In 1884, renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass remarried following the death of his first wife. —Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 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