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verb

Wed v. t. (past wedded; past part. wedded or wed; pres. part. wedding)

To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. "With this ring I thee wed." "I saw thee first, and wedded thee."

To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. "And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her."

Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. "Thou art wedded to calamity." "Men are wedded to their lusts." "(Flowers) are wedded thus, like beauty to old age."

To take to one's self and support; to espouse. (Obs.) "They positively and concernedly wedded his cause."

Wed v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed."

adjective

Wedded adj.

Joined in wedlock; married.

Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. "Wedded love."

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Etymology of 'Wedded'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wedded" Quotes from Famous Books

... with thee as the saw says, 'be warned by another's woe'; for she was wedded to a man, and ...

— The story of Burnt Njal - From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga • Anonymous

... a distinguished professor in Amherst College, is the author of a work, entitled "Dyspepsia Forestalled and Resisted," which has been read by many, and execrated by not a few of those who are so wedded to their lusts as to be unwilling to be ...

— Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages • William Andrus Alcott

... whiten'd head, Our land's adopted son, Who wisely drew love's slender thread, And wedded us in one. ...

— Canada and Other Poems • T.F. Young

... Lord Hermiston might have envied, she had that day in church considered and admitted the attractions of the younger Kirstie; and with the profound humanity and sentimentality of her nature, she had recognised the coming of fate. Not thus would she have chosen. She had seen, in imagination, Archie wedded to some tall, powerful, and rosy heroine of the golden locks, made in her own image, for whom she would have strewed the bride-bed with delight; and now she could have wept to see the ambition falsified. But the gods had pronounced, and her ...

— Weir of Hermiston • Robert Louis Stevenson

... the verses from his hand, and sung them to her own measure. Oh, happy triumph of the poet!—to hear his verses wedded to sweet sounds, and warbled by the woman he loves! Edward caught up the strain, adding his voice to hers in harmony, and thus they sauntered homewards, trolling their ready-made duet together. There were not two happier hearts in ...

— Handy Andy, Vol. 2 - A Tale of Irish Life • Samuel Lover

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