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to inmarry

to inmarry

9.8
Marry someone from the same social group, for example the same ethnic or religious group
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : casarse dentro del grupo
  • In certain cultures, it is common to inmarry to strengthen family alliances.

Examples

  • Thus, daughters are given whence daughters-in-law come, and marriage ties between both families and communities are repeated through time, creating discrete geographic clusters of inmarrying villages (Winslow n.d.).

    Academic text (1992)

  • The small village has a history of inmarrying, as people tend to marry within their own ethnic group.

  • Many families in the community prefer to inmarry to keep their traditions alive.

How Endogamous

to inmarry
  • Archaic
9.8

Surface Forms

inmarry infinitive
inmarried past
inmarried past participle
inmarrying present participle
inmarries third person singular

Morphology

inmarry = marry (semi-transparent) = in + marry

The prefix 'in-' suggests 'within', but the specific cultural or social context meaning is not immediately obvious.

Etymology

The word inmarry comes from the prefix in- meaning 'within' and the verb marry. So think 'marry inside' — it means to marry within your own social, ethnic, religious, or cultural group.