robheil@attbi.com writes: > Bottom line here is that I am suggesting that they used the term > "intermarry" so as to reflect all the broader implications of a > marriage. Bob- I have the SAME dictionary, only the 1966 revision. My revision has multiple definitions of "intermarriage." The first definition given is: "to marry each other." Simple as that. I'm sure people sometimes use the word to mean something more specific but that isn't the most widely used definition--which is simply "to marry each other." Joan JYoung6180@aol.com

> > Bottom line here is that I am suggesting that they used the term > > "intermarry" so as to reflect all the broader implications of a > > marriage. > > > > robheil@attbi.com > >I have the SAME dictionary, only the 1966 revision. My revision has >multiple definitions of "intermarriage." The first definition given >is: "to marry each other." Simple as that. I'm sure people >sometimes use the word to mean something more specific but that >isn't the most widely used definition--which is simply "to marry >each other." > >Joan <JYoung6180@aol.com> I have used 'intermarry' to indicate that several members of one family married members of another family thus making the relationships in more than one way such as "double cousins" such as brothers marrying sisters in another family!!!