wed

verbattested in dialogue

//ˈwɛd//

To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

verb

1
To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
The priest wed the couple.
And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her.
2
To take as one's spouse.
She wed her first love.
In 1989, he wed Playmate Kimberley Conrad, a marriage that ended in 2010. In 2013, he married his younger girlfriend, Crystal Harris, with whom he was still wed at the time of his death.
3
To take a spouse.
4
To take each other as a spouse.
They will wed in the summer.
On the rock above was an inscription in three words. Ayesha translated it. It was `Wedded in Death.' What was the life-story of these two, who, of a truth, were beautiful in their lives, and in their death were not divided?
5
figurativeTo join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative.
Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity.
Men are wedded to their lusts.
[…] When each by turns was guide to each, ⁠And Fancy light from Fancy caught, ⁠And Thought leapt out to wed with Thought, Ere Thought could wed itself with Speech: […]
6
figurativeTo take to oneself and support; to espouse.
They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
7
To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.
I'd wed my head on that.

Etymology

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”). Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.

Forms

past tense: wedded
past participle: wedded
present participle: wedding
third person singular: weds

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