A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.
Fig.: An object ardently loved. Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.
To make a bride of. [Obs.]
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