To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

To take to one's self and support; to espouse.

To contact matrimony; to marry.

take in marriage

perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

having been taken in marriage