wed

[ wed ]

verb (used with object),wed·ded or wed, wed·ding.

to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry.

to bind by close or lasting ties; attach firmly: She wedded herself to the cause of economic justice.
to blend together or unite inseparably: a novel that weds style and content perfectly.

verb (used without object),wed·ded or wed, wed·ding.

to contract marriage; marry.
to become united or to blend: a building that will wed with the landscape.

Origin of wed

First recorded before 900; Middle English wedde, Old English weddian “to pledge, marry, get married”; cognate with German wetten “to bet,” Old Norse vethja “to pledge”

Other words for wed

4	combine, fuse, merge

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Other words from wed

in·ter·wed, verb (used without object), in·ter·wed or in·ter·wed·ded, in·ter·wed·ding.
re·wed, verb, re·wed·ded, re·wed·ding.
un·wed, adjective

Other definitions for we'd (2 of 3)

we'd

[ weed ]

contraction of we had:Sometimes I wish we'd bought a bigger house.
contraction of we would:Of course we'd be happy to donate to the school's fundraiser.

usage note For we'd

See contraction.

Other definitions for Wed. (3 of 3)

Wed.

abbreviation

Wednesday.

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How to use wed in a sentence

Even those set to wed embraced the style on their special day.
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Though there was allegedly an injury, charges were dropped due to lack of evidence, and she wed him a day after his arrest.
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Similarly, Ray Rice wed his bride, Janay Palmer, one day after being indicted for assaulting her.
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According to the announcement, van der Sloot will wed 24-year-old Leidy Carol Figueroa Uceda, an accountant who lives in Lima.
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Same-sex couples were legally wed to his performance of “Same Love” at the Grammys.
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But before permitting you to go I wish, not having been able to wed you myself, to betroth you to the one you have chosen.
Honey-Bee | Anatole France
I longed to hear her and to see her always; I would have died in rapture at her side, but I was never fain to wed her.
Marguerite | Anatole France
In this same year of 1816, she hoped in vain to wed a Troisville, but he was already married.
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But she said she would wed no man, and told him to search the whole wide world for some one more beautiful.
The Whale and the Grasshopper | Seumas O'Brien
Marius looks elsewhere for a wife—unless mademoiselle of her own free will should elect to wed him—a thing unlikely.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for wed (1 of 3)

wed

/ (wɛd) /

verbweds, wedding, wedded or wed

to take (a person of the opposite sex) as a husband or wife; marry
(tr) to join (two people) in matrimony

(tr) to unite closely

Origin of wed

Old English weddian; related to Old Frisian weddia, Old Norse vethja, Gothic wadi pledge

British Dictionary definitions for we'd (2 of 3)

we'd

/ (wiːd, unstressed wɪd) /

contraction of

we had or we would

British Dictionary definitions for Wed. (3 of 3)

Wed.

abbreviation for

Wednesday

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