Bent on getting somebody married! (5)
I believe the answer is:
bowed
'bent' is the definition.
(bowing is a kind of bending)
'on getting somebody married' is the wordplay.
'on' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'somebody' becomes 'b' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'married' becomes 'wed' (similar in meaning).
'o' after 'b' is 'bo'.
'bo'+'wed'='BOWED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bowed that I've seen before include "Bent (with age)" , "Kowtowed" , "Acknowledged applause" , "Made obeisance" , "violin played thus?" .)