wed

1. n. A pledge; a pawn. Source: opted

2. of Wed Source: opted

3. n. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. Source: opted

4. n. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. Source: opted

5. n. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. Source: opted

6. n. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. Source: opted

7. v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry. Source: opted

8. n. the fourth day of the week; the third working day Source: wordnet

9. adj. having been taken in marriage Source: wordnet

10. v. take in marriage; married Source: wordnet

11. v. perform a marriage ceremony Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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