WED

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] Gower. Piers Plowman. Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security]. Chaucer.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

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.

5.
v.

To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.] They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. Clarendon.

6.
v.

To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed." Shak.

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