wed
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old English weddian. Related to Scots wed (“pledge”).
Verb [edit]
wed (third-person singular simple present weds, present participle wedding, simple past and past participle wed or wedded)
- (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
- The priest wed the couple.
- (transitive) To take as one's spouse.
- She wed her first love.
- (intransitive) To take a spouse.
- (figuratively) To join (more or less permanently)
- 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 72:
- [...] the PPS paper proposed a political doctrine that wedded modernization theory to U.S. support for national security states [...].
- 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 72:
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to join in matrimony
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transitive: to take as one's spouse
intransitive: to take a spouse
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Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1 [edit]
Verb [edit]
wed
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle Dutch wedde, from Old Dutch *weddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją.
Noun [edit]
wed n (plural wedden, diminutive wedje)
- ford, shallow river crossing
- drinking place for animals
Synonyms [edit]
- (ford): voorde