- 1[intransitive] to marry someone of a different race or from a different country or a different religious group Blacks and whites often intermarried (= married each other). intermarry with somebody They were not forbidden to intermarry with the local people.
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- 2[intransitive] to marry someone within your own family or group cousins who intermarry
intermarry
verbNAmE//ˌɪntərˈmæri//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they intermarry he / she / it intermarries
past simple intermarried
-ing form intermarrying
NAmE//ˌɪntərˈmærɪdʒ//
noun [uncountable, countable] intermarriage between blacks and whitesSee intermarry in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: intermarry