[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster
   1. to take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to
      marry; to espouse.
      1913 webster

            with this ring i thee wed.            --bk. of com.
                                                  prayer.
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            i saw thee first, and wedded thee.    --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

            they positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
                                                  --clarendon.
      1913 webster
see also:
wedded wed wedding 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wedding \wed"ding\, n. as. wedding.
   nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.
   1913 webster

         simple and brief was the wedding, as that of ruth and
         of boaz.                                 --longfellow.
   1913 webster

   note: certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have
         received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names.
         thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden
         wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the
         crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the
         twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the
         golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding.
         these anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate
         presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given
         by friends.
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   note: wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake,
         wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding
         feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc.
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               let her beauty be her wedding dower. --shak.
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   wedding favor, a marriage favor. see under marriage.
      1913 webster
see also:
wedding favor marriage 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wedding
     see wed
see also:
wed 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wedding
     n 1: the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is
          performed syn: wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals
     2: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage
        was conducted in the chapel" syn: marriage, marriage
        ceremony
     3: a party of people at a wedding syn: wedding party
see also:
wedding ceremony nuptials hymeneals marriage marriage ceremony wedding party 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

87 moby thesaurus words for "wedding":
   anschluss, gretna green wedding, addition, affiliation,
   agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation,
   assimilation, association, banns, blend, blending, bridal,
   bridal suite, bridechamber, cabal, cartel, centralization, chuppah,
   church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, coalescence,
   coalition, combination, combine, combo, composition, confederacy,
   confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction,
   consolidation, conspiracy, ecumenism, elopement, embodiment,
   encompassment, enosis, epithalamium, espousals, espousement,
   federalization, federation, forced marriage, fusion, honeymoon,
   hookup, hymen, hymeneal, hymeneal rites, inclusion, incorporation,
   integration, junction, junta, league, marriage, meld, melding,
   merger, nuptial apartment, nuptial mass, nuptial song, nuptials,
   package, package deal, prothalamium, saffron veil, shotgun wedding,
   solidification, spousal, spousals, syncretism, syndication,
   syneresis, synthesis, tie-up, unification, union, wedding canopy,
   wedding song, wedding veil

[7] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

wedding, n.  a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one,
one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become
supportable.

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