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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Wedlock

Wĕd'lōck, n.

noun

n. [A-S. wedlāc, a pledge, from wedd, a pledge, and lāc, a gift, an offering.]

  1. Marriage; matrimony. “In holy wedlock bands.” Shak.
  2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] Benn. & Fl.

Wĕd'lŏck, v. t.

verbtransitive

To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [Rare.] Milton.