wed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wed adj having been taken in marriage Synonym(s): wed, wedded n the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn: Wednesday, Midweek, Wed] v take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse] perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" Synonym(s): marry, wed, tie, splice
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wed \Wed\ (w[ecr]d), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. ve[edh] a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith. vad[uring]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wed \Wed\, v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry. [bd]When I shall wed.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. ve[edh]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v[84]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[omac]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.