- Wedding
- Wed Wed, v. t. [imp. {Wedded}; p. p. {Wedded} or {Wed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Wedding}.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant,
promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D.
wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[eth]ja, Dan.
vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth.
See {Wed}, n.]
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1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to
marry; to espouse.
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With this ring I thee wed. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. [1913 Webster]
And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. [1913 Webster]
Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
[Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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