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wed [ wed ] (3rd person present singular weds, present participle wedding, past and past participle wedded or wed)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb marry somebody: to marry somebody ( formal or literary )
wanted to wed a princess

2. intransitive verb get married: to become united in marriage
They wed in April.

3. transitive verb join couple in marriage: to join two people in marriage

4. transitive verb unite things: to bring two things together or regard them as linked
The two concepts had become wedded in his mind.

[ Old English weddian< Indo-European, 'pledge']
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