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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Wed

Wĕd, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. WEDDED; p. pr. & vb. n. WEDDING.] [A-S. weddian, to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; O. Fries. weddia, to promise; D. & L. Ger. wedden, to wager, to bet; O. H. Ger. wetan, wetian, wettan, M. H. Ger. wetten, wetten, N. H. Ger. wetten, Icel. vedhja, Sw. vädja, Dan. vedde. See WED, n.]

Sense 1. To take for husband or for wife; to marry. Since the day I saw thee first, and wedded thee. — Milton.

Sense 2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock, or as husband and wife. And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. — Milton.

Sense 3. To unite closely in affection; to attach firmly; to connect indissolubly or strongly. Thou art wedded to calamity. — Shak. Men are wedded to their lusts. — Tillotson.

Sense 4. To take part with; to espouse. [Obs.] They wedded his cause. — Clarendon.

Wĕd, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To contract matrimony; to marry. “When shall I wed?” Shak.

Wēd, n.

noun

n. [A-S. wedd, O. Fries. wed, D. & L. Ger. wedde, O. H. Ger. wetti, weddi, M. & N. H. Ger. wette, Icel. ved, vedh, Sw. vad, Goth. vadi, L. Lat. vadium, allied to Goth. vidan, to bind.] A pledge. [Obs.] Gower.