Definitions for: Wed


[n] the fourth day of the week; the third working day
[adj] having been taken in marriage
[v] take in marriage
[v] perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"



Webster (1913) Definition: Wed (w[e^]d), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD.
wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. ve[eth] a pledge,
Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith.
vad[*u]ti 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]. --Chaucer.


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[eth]ja, Dan.
vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]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. --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.


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

Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, married, marry, wedded, Wednesday

See Also: inmarry, intermarry, mismarry, officiate, remarry, solemnise, solemnize, unify, unite, weekday, wive

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