wedlock

1. v. i. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. Source: opted

2. v. i. A wife; a married woman. Source: opted

3. v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. Source: opted

4. n. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) Source: wordnet

5. 1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. "That blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or wedlock." Chaucer. For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord or continual strife Shak. 2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Syn. -- See Marriage. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thus wedlocked." Milton. Source: webster

6. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thuswedlocked." Milton. Source: adambom

7. n:100 n the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) Source: ecdict

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