Thesaurus: wed

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1. n. A pledge; a pawn.
2. of Wed
3. n. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.
4. n. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
5. n. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
6. n. To take to one's self and support; to espouse.
7. v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry.
8. n. the fourth day of the week; the third working day
9. adj. having been taken in marriage
10. v. take in marriage; married
11. v. perform a marriage ceremony
12. A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] Gower. Piers Plowman. Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security]. Chaucer. 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. [Obs.] They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. Clarendon. To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed." Shak.