wed
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)wedded, wedding, weds
- take in marriage; marriedSynonyms: marryget marriedconjoinhook up withget hitched withespouseMore general unite, unifyMore specific remarry, intermarry, inmarry, wive, mismarrySimilar marry, cuff
- perform a marriage ceremony“The minister married us on Saturday”“We were wed the following week”“The couple got spliced on Hawaii”Synonyms: marrytiespliceMore general officiateMore specific solemnize, solemniseSimilar marry, get married
Noun (1)weds
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Translations
Verb to perform the marriage ceremony for
Verb to marry, take as spouse
- French
- épouser
- Italian
- sposare
- Polish
- poślubić
- Greek
- παντρεύομαι pantrévomai
- Vietnamese
- cưới
- Hungarian
- férjhez megy
- Finnish
- naida
- Romanian
- căsători
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. veð a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith. vadůti 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. obsolete Gower. Piers Plowman.
Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security].— Geoffrey Chaucer
Origin: 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. veðja, Dan. vedde, Sw. vädja to appeal, Goth. gawadjōn to betroth. See Wed, noun
1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.
With this ring I thee wed.— Bk. of Com. Prayer.
I saw thee first, and wedded thee.— John Milton
2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her.— John Milton
3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
Thou art wedded to calamity.— William Shakespeare
Men are wedded to their lusts.— John Tilllotson
[Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.— William Cowper
4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. obsolete
They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.— Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon
To contact matrimony; to marry. “When I shall wed.” William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54