Wed
[wed] or [wɛd]
Definition
(n.) A pledge; a pawn.
(-) of Wed
(n.) To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.
(n.) To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
(n.) Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
(n.) To take to one's self and support; to espouse.
(v. i.) To contact matrimony; to marry.
Inputed by Bertha
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Marry, espouse.
Checker: Thelma
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Link, marry, espouse
ANT:Separate, divorce
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Definition
n. a pledge security—(Scot.) Wad.—v.t. to wager.
v.t. to marry: to join in marriage: to unite closely.—v.i. to marry:—pr.p. wed′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. wed′ded or wed.—adj. Wed′ded married: belonging to marriage: clasped together.—ns. Wed′ding marriage: marriage ceremony; Wed′ding-bed the bridal bed; Wed′ding-cake a highly decorated cake served at a wedding and also divided among absent friends.—n.pl. Wed′ding-cards complimentary cards of a newly married pair sent to friends.—ns. Wed′ding-day day of marriage; Wed′ding-dower marriage portion; Wed′ding-dress a bride's dress; Wed′ding-fāvour white rosette worn by men at a wedding; Wed′ding-gar′ment garment worn at a wedding; Wed′ding-ring a plain ring given by the groom to the bride at a wedding.—Penny wedding a wedding where the guests paid for the entertainment and sometimes contributed to the outfit; Silver Golden Diamond wedding the celebrations of the 25th 50th and 60th anniversaries of a wedding.
Checker: Olga
Examples
- By-the-bye, I must have mine in mind; it won't do to neglect her; she is a Fairfax, or wed to one; and blood is said to be thicker than water. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It were so, indeed, replied the Templar, laughing; wed with a Jewess? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I may not wed the man who slays my husband, even in self-defense. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- That a man named Canler had come up here to wed you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Another richer than I desires to wed thee, Therefore do I shed tears, as the rose sheds her crimson petals. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Painted wed, with a cweam piebald. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Perdita, wedded to an imagination, careless of what is behind the veil, whose charactery is in truth faulty and vile, Perdita has renounced me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But he dreaded to contemplate Thomasin wedded to the mere corpse of a lover that he now felt himself to be. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am wedded to the best and most generous of men--Miss Crawley's Rawdon is MY Rawdon. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Wedded to Rowena, indeed, her nobler and more generous soul may yet awake the better nature which is torpid within him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Accepted or refused, his heart is wedded to her for ever. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Her dress is well chosen, too, for in a week she weds Count Antonio, whom she passionately hates. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Whoever weds thee must look about him! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But if you have followed recent events so closely you must have read about Lord St. Simon and his wedding? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Undraw the curtains, my dear girl,' said Eugene, after a while, 'and let us see our wedding-day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was crowded now with the family and the wedding guests. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He would like the wedding to be the day after tomorrow, quite privately; at the church of his parish--not at ours. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Six weeks ago, at the American consul's, in Paris, a very quiet wedding of course, for even in our happiness we didn't forget dear little Beth. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Yet she stood subjected through the wedding service. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- By-the-bye, I must have mine in mind; it won't do to neglect her; she is a Fairfax, or wed to one; and blood is said to be thicker than water. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It were so, indeed, replied the Templar, laughing; wed with a Jewess? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I may not wed the man who slays my husband, even in self-defense. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- That a man named Canler had come up here to wed you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Another richer than I desires to wed thee, Therefore do I shed tears, as the rose sheds her crimson petals. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Painted wed, with a cweam piebald. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Checker: Lucy