wed \wed\, v. i.
   to contact matrimony; to marry. "when i shall wed." --shak.
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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. veethja, dan.
   vedde, sw. vaumdja to appeal, goth. gawadj=on to betroth.
   see wed, n.
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   1. to take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to
      marry; to espouse.
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            with this ring i thee wed.            --bk. of com.
                                                  prayer.
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            i saw thee first, and wedded thee.    --milton.
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   2. to join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
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            and adam, wedded to another eve,
            shall live with her.                  --milton.
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   3. fig.: to unite as if by the affections or the bond of
      marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
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            thou art wedded to calamity.          --shak.
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            men are wedded to their lusts.        --tillotson.
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            flowers are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.
                                                  --cowper.
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   4. to take to one's self and support; to espouse. obs.
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            they positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
                                                  --clarendon.
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see also:
wedded wed wedding 

wed \wed\ we^d, n. as. wedd; akin to ofries. wed, od.
   wedde, ohg, wetti, g. wette a wager, icel. veeth a pledge,
   sw. vad a wager, an appeal, goth. wadi a pledge, lith.
   vaduti 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.
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         let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed i. e., for a
         security.                               --chaucer.
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see also:
athlete gage wage 

wed
     adj : having been taken in marriage syn: wedded
     n : the fourth day of the week; the third working day syn: wednesday
     v 1: take in marriage syn: marry, get married, conjoin, hook
          up with, get hitched with, espouse
     2: perform a marriage ceremony; "the minister married us on
        saturday"; "we were wed the following week"; "the couple
        got spliced on hawaii" syn: marry, tie, splice
     also: wedding, wedded
see also:
wedded wednesday marry get married conjoin hook up with 
get hitched with espouse tie splice wedding 

88 moby thesaurus words for "wed":
   affiliate, ally, apply, arrange a match, associate, band together,
   be in cahoots, be made one, be spliced, become one, bind, bracket,
   bunch, bunch up, cabal, catch, cement a union, centralize, club,
   club together, combine, come together, confederate, conjoin,
   connect, consociate, conspire, contract matrimony, correlate,
   couple, draw a parallel, equate, espouse, federalize, federate,
   gang, gang up, get hitched, give away, go in partners,
   go in partnership, hitch, hook up with, identify, intermarry,
   interrelate, interwed, join, join forces, join fortunes with,
   join together, join up with, join with, league, link, make a match,
   make one, marry, match, mate, miscegenate, nuptial, organize, pair,
   pair off, parallel, parallelize, partner, relate, relativize,
   remarry, rewed, splice, stand together, stand up with,
   take to wife, team up with, team with, throw in with, tie,
   tie in with, tie up with, unionize, unite, unite in marriage,
   unite with, wive, yoke

wed. a covenant or agreement; whence a wedded husband.