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wed

1

[ wed ]

verb (used with object)

, wed·ded or wed, wed·ding.
  1. to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
  2. to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry.
  3. to bind by close or lasting ties; attach firmly:

    She wedded herself to the cause of economic justice.

  4. to blend together or unite inseparably:

    a novel that weds style and content perfectly.

    Synonyms: merge, fuse, combine



verb (used without object)

, wed·ded or wed, wed·ding.
  1. to contract marriage; marry.
  2. to become united or to blend:

    a building that will wed with the landscape.

we'd

2

[ weed ]

  1. contraction of we had:

    Sometimes I wish we'd bought a bigger house.

  2. contraction of we would:

    Of course we'd be happy to donate to the school's fundraiser.

Wed.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Wednesday.

wed

1

/ wɛd /

verb

  1. to take (a person of the opposite sex) as a husband or wife; marry
  2. tr to join (two people) in matrimony
  3. tr to unite closely
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


we'd

2

/ wɪd; wiːd /

contraction of

  1. we had or we would
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Wed.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Wednesday
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • inter·wed verb (used without object) interwed or interwedded interwedding
  • re·wed verb rewedded rewedding
  • un·wed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wed1

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”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wed1

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

The Browns, for all intents and purposes, are wedded to Mayfield.

A workers group backed by Marxist students went on strike at a factory seeking better conditions and pay, exposing the hypocrisy of a so-called socialist state that in truth is wedded to private profit.

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The covid-19 pandemic has revealed how even financial institutions that considered themselves digitally advanced are, in reality, still wedded to analog processes along the chain of processing.

Pelosi has expressed the desire to pass a bill before the election but made clear Thursday that she was not wedded to that timeline if she does not get what she wants.

Even those set to wed embraced the style on their special day.

Though there was allegedly an injury, charges were dropped due to lack of evidence, and she wed him a day after his arrest.

Similarly, Ray Rice wed his bride, Janay Palmer, one day after being indicted for assaulting her.

According to the announcement, van der Sloot will wed 24-year-old Leidy Carol Figueroa Uceda, an accountant who lives in Lima.

Same-sex couples were legally wed to his performance of “Same Love” at the Grammys.

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.

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.

In this same year of 1816, she hoped in vain to wed a Troisville, but he was already married.

But she said she would wed no man, and told him to search the whole wide world for some one more beautiful.

Marius looks elsewhere for a wife—unless mademoiselle of her own free will should elect to wed him—a thing unlikely.

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