wed

[Wed]

The fourth day of the week; the third working day

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A pledge; a pawn.

Noun
the fourth day of the week; the third working day

Verb
take in marriage

Verb
perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

Adjective S.
having been taken in marriage

n.
A pledge; a pawn.

of Wed

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

n.
To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

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

n.
To take to one's self and support; to espouse.

v. i.
To contact matrimony; to marry.

Wed

Wed (w&ecr;d), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. ve&edh; a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith. vadůti to redeem (a pledge), LL. vadium, L. vas, vadis, bail, security, vadimonium security, and Gr. , a prize. Cf. Athlete, Gage a pledge, Wage.] A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] Gower. Piers Plowman.

Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security].

Wed

Wed, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve&edh;ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v'84dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj&omac;n to betroth. See Wed, n.] 1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

With this ring I thee wed.

I saw thee first, and wedded thee.

2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her.

3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

Thou art wedded to calamity.

Men are wedded to their lusts.

[Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.

4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]

They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.

Wed

Wed , v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed." Shak.

A pledge; a pawn.

To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

To contact matrimony; to marry.

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Usage Examples

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

Education has fundamentally changed my life. It's perhaps the mission of my life. I'm wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And I chose the pathway that I believe could make me the most significant on changing the outcomes that we see now in North Carolina.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

O month when they who love must love and wed.