bewed
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English biwedden, from Old English beweddian (“to betroth, marry, give security”), equivalent to be- + wed. Cognate with Old Frisian biweddia.
Verb
[edit]bewed (third-person singular simple present beweds, present participle bewedding, simple past and past participle bewed or bewedded)
- (transitive) To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry.
- 1964, AESCHYLUS PROMETHEUS BOUND:
- […] You venerable Fates, a vision to see:
Approaching the bride-room of Zeus,
Or ever bewedded to bridegroom from heaven.
- 2003, Roberto Strongman, Allegorical I/lands:
- As his widowed mother remarries a Moor herself, she metaphorically beweds her husband's killer, leaving Lazarillo in Oedipal anxiety.
- (transitive) To unite closely and intimately; join.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to wed): see also Thesaurus:marry
- (to unite closely and intimately): attach, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join