Unmarry

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To undo the action of marrying somebody. transitive

    "But there can be no doubt that John Scarborough and Ada Sneyd were married at Rummelsburg, and that it will be found to be impossible to unmarry them."

Example

More examples

"But there can be no doubt that John Scarborough and Ada Sneyd were married at Rummelsburg, and that it will be found to be impossible to unmarry them."

Etymology

From un- + marry.

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