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wed  (wd)
v. wed·ded, wed or wed·ded, wed·ding, weds
v.tr.
1. To take as a spouse; marry.
2. To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.
3. To unite closely: a style that weds form and function.
4. To cause to adhere devotedly or stubbornly: He was wedded to the idea of building a new school.
v.intr.
To take a spouse; marry.

[Middle English wedden, from Old English weddian.]

wed
Verb
[wedding, wedded] or wed
1. Old-fashioned to take (a person) as a husband or wife; marry
2. to unite closely: to wed folklore and magic [Old English weddian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wedWed - the fourth day of the week; the third working day
weekday - any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday)
Verb1.wedwed - take in marriage                    
unite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
inmarry - marry within one's own tribe or group; "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry"
mismarry - marry an unsuitable partner
marry, splice, wed, tie - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
wive - marry a woman, take a wife
wive - take (someone) as a wife
intermarry - marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group
remarry - marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart"
2.wedwed - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
officiate - act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"
solemnise, solemnize - perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies
Adj.1.wedwed - having been taken in marriage        
married - joined in matrimony; "a married man"; "a married couple"

wed
verb 1. get married to, espouse, get hitched to (slang) be united to, plight your troth to (old-fashioned) get spliced to (informal) take as your husband or wife << OPPOSITE divorce
2. get married, marry, be united, tie the knot (informal) take the plunge (informal) get hitched (slang) get spliced (informal) become man and wife, plight your troth (old-fashioned) << OPPOSITE divorce
verb 3. unite, combine, bring together, amalgamate, join, link, marry, ally, connect, blend, integrate, merge, unify, make one, fuse, weld, interweave, yoke, coalesce, commingle << OPPOSITE divide
Translations

wed [wɛd] vt [pt, pp wedded] → casar
n the newly-weds → los recién casados
wed [wɛd] [wedded , pt , pp ] vtépouser
vise marier
n the newly-weds → les jeunes mariés

Wed abbr (= Wednesday) → me
wed [wɛd] [wedded , pt, pp ] vt, viheiraten
n the newly-weds → die Jungvermählten pl
wed [wɛd] vt [pt wedded, pp ] → sposare
n the newly-weds → gli sposi novelli

wed
v wed [wed]
to marry. getroud يَتَزَوَّج женя се oženit se, provdat se gifte sig (sich) vermählen παντρεύομαι, παντρεύω casarse (con) abielluma ازدواج كردن mennä naimisiin (se) marier (avec) לְהִתחַתֵן शादी रचाना oženiti se (össze)házasodik menikah gifta(st) sposare, sposarsi 結婚する ...과 결혼하다 tuoktis salaulāt; apprecēt; salaulāties; apprecēties mengahwini, menyatukan huwen gifte seg, ekte poślubić casar (com) a (se) căsă­tori (cu) жениться;выйти замуж oženiť sa, vydať sa poročiti (se) venčati se gifta sig สมรส; แต่งงาน evlen(dir)mek 結婚 віддавати заміж; одружувати شادی کرنا cưới
n ˈwedding
a marriage ceremony The wedding will take place on Saturday; (also adjective ) a wedding-cake; her wedding-day; a wedding-ring. troue زَواج сватба svatba, svatební bryllup; bryllups- die Hochzeit, Hochzeits-... γάμος, γαμήλιος boda laulatus, pulm(ad) ازدواج häät mariage, noces חֲתוּנָה शादी vjenčanje esküvő pernikahan brúðkaup matrimonio; del matrimonio, nuziale 結婚式 결혼식, 혼례 vestuvės laulības; kāzas; laulību-; kāzu- upacara perkahwinan huwelijk bryllup(s-) ślub casamento nuntă, ceremonial nupţial свадьба;бракосочетание svadba; svadobný poroka venčanje bröllop, vigsel การสมรส; การแต่งงาน; พิธีสมรส düğün, nikâh 婚禮 весілля; одруження شادی lễ cưới


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Then he would wed her, he swore, to the best man in all the land.
After a dozen daughters of his own nobility had sought self-destruction rather than wed him he had given up.
He had always determined, deep down in his resolute heart, that nothing would ever induce him to allow his daughter to wed a Mormon.
 
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