married

noun

A married person.

1. In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
2. Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse

   married to one's work.

1. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

   Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.

2. (in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.

   His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.

3. To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.

   He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.

4. To take as husband or wife.

   In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.

5. To unite; to join together into a close union.

   The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.

6. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.

   A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.

7. To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
8. To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.