wed

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: WednesdayMidweekWedmarryget marriedconjoinhook up withget hitched withespousetiesplicewedded

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the fourth day of the week; the third working daySynonyms: WednesdayMidweekWed

Verb (2)

  1. take in marriageSynonyms: marryget marriedconjoinhook up withget hitched withespouse
  2. perform a marriage ceremony“The minister married us on Saturday”“We were wed the following week”“The couple got spliced on Hawaii”Synonyms: marrytiesplice

Adjective (1)

  1. having been taken in marriageSynonyms: wedded
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Wed \Wed\, v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]

1.To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. [1913 Webster]

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]
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