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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
wed
adj 1: having been taken in marriage [syn: wed, wedded]
n 1: the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn:
Wednesday, Midweek, Wed]
v 1: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed,
conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]
2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got
spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wed \Wed\ (w[e^]d), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD.
wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. ve[eth] a pledge,
Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith.
vad[*u]ti to redeem (a pledge), LL. vadium, L. vas, vadis,
bail, security, vadimonium security, and Gr. ?, ? a prize.
Cf. Athlete, Gage a pledge, Wage.]
A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] --Gower. Piers Plowman.
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Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a
security]. --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wed \Wed\, v. i.
To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed." --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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[aum]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.
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I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton.
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2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
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And Adam, wedded to another Eve,
Shall live with her. --Milton.
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3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of
marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
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Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak.
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Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson.
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[Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.
--Cowper.
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4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]
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They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
--Clarendon.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
WED. A covenant or agreement; whence a wedded husband.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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