Wed

Definition of Wed

Pronunciation: wĕd

n.	1.	A pledge; a pawn. Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security]. - Chaucer.
v. t.	1.	[imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.]
	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. - Milton.
	2.	To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. - 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. - Shak. Men are wedded to their lusts. - Tillotson. [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. - Cowper.
	4.	To take to one's self and support; to espouse. They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. - Clarendon.
v. i.	1.	To contact matrimony; to marry.

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