Wed Definition

wĕd
wedded, wedding, weds
verb
wedded, wedding, weds
To become married; take a husband or wife.
Webster's New World
To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.
American Heritage
To unite or join closely.
A project that weds science and art.
Webster's New World
To marry.
Webster's New World
To cause to adhere devotedly or stubbornly.
He was wedded to the idea of building a new school.
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abbreviation
Wednesday.
Webster's New World
noun
Alternative spelling of Wed..
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Origin of Wed

  • From Old English weddian. Related to Scots wed (“pledge").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English wedden from Old English weddian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wed Sentence Examples

  • By the look of this man, Kiera hadn't wed him by choice.

  • James desired to wed none but his mistress, Margaret Erskine, the mother of the Regent Moray.

  • Such were Ingimund the Old, Geirmund Hellskin, Thord Beardie (who had wed St Edmund's granddaughter,) Audun Shackle, Bryniulf the Old, Uni, to whom Harold promised the earldom of the new land if he could make the settlers acknowledge him as king (a hopeless project), and others by whom the north-west, north and east were almost completely " claimed."

  • Not a noble pastime for one who will wed our next ruler, the second said with a frown.

  • Philip Galley (Dr_Galley) Wed, 28 Jun 2006 Religion Thread WEll said Adam.

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Words Starting With

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