Bride
[braɪd]
Definition
(noun.) a woman who has recently been married.
(noun.) a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony.
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Definition
(n.) A woman newly married, or about to be married.
(n.) Fig.: An object ardently loved.
(v. t.) To make a bride of.
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Definition
n. a woman about to be married: a woman newly married.—v.i. (Shak.) to act the bride.—ns. Bride′-ale (obs.)—Bridal the ale-drinking at a marriage feast; Bride′-bed the marriage bed; Bride′cake the bride's cake or cake distributed at a wedding; Bride′-cham′ber a nuptial apartment; Bride′groom a man about to be married: a man newly married; Bride′maid Bride's′-maid Bride′man Bride's′-man young unmarried people who attend the bride and bridegroom at a wedding.
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For a young woman to dream that she is a bride, foretells that she will shortly come into an inheritance which will please her exceedingly, if she is pleased in making her bridal toilet. If displeasure is felt she will suffer disappointments in her anticipations. To dream that you kiss a bride, denotes a happy reconciliation between friends. For a bride to kiss others, foretells for you many friends and pleasures; to kiss you, denotes you will enjoy health and find that your sweetheart will inherit unexpected fortune. To kiss a bride and find that she looks careworn and ill, denotes you will be displeased with your success and the action of your friends. If a bride dreams that she is indifferent to her husband, it foretells that many unhappy circumstances will pollute her pleasures. See Wedding.
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n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
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Examples
- And when I look back--' the bride cries, interrupting. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is hard when, before seven days of marriage are over, such thoughts and confessions as these force themselves on a little bride's mind. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Here, too, the bride's aunt and next relation; a widowed female of a Medusa sort, in a stoney cap, glaring petrifaction at her fellow-creatures. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let him bring them an Indian fortune: they would give him in return a young bride and a rich inheritance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I presume that I may take it as correct--this article, for example, as to the disappearance of the bride. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My bride's mother I had never seen: I understood she was dead. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But by that time the Bride was near the end of the first day's journey towards Florence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She prayed for his prosperity and that of the bride he had chosen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is impossible to refer intelligibly to this document without first entering into certain particulars in relation to the bride's pecuniary affairs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I envied no girl her lover, no bride her bridegroom, no wife her husband; I was content with this my voluntary, self-offering friend. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Silence, melancholy bride of death, went in procession with him from town to town through the spacious region. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How was the bride dressed? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Shame and misery,' the bride bitterly replies. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But inside, it was altogether charming, and the happy bride saw no fault from garret to cellar. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The bride gave me a sovereign, and I mean to wear it on my watch-chain in memory of the occasion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- How many brides go to the altar with hearts that would bear inspection by the men who take them there? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The truth was, she had attended too many brides to the altar: when next seen there she meant to be the chief figure in the ceremony. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But you'll keep yourself well provided with spiritual brides in the background. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Go to your spiritual brides--but don't come to me as well, because I'm not having any, thank you. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Your spiritual brides can't give you what you want, they aren't common and fleshy enough for you, aren't they? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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