Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. {Wedded}; p. p. {Wedded} or {Wed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Wedding}.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant,
promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D.
wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[eth]ja, Dan.
vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth.
See {Wed}, n.]
1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to
marry; to espouse.
With this ring I thee wed. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton.
2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with
her. --Milton.
3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of
marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak.
Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson.
[Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.
--Cowper.
4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]
They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
--Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wed \Wed\ (w[e^]d), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD.
wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. ve[eth] a pledge,
Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith.
vad[*u]ti to redeem (a pledge), LL. vadium, L. vas, vadis,
bail, security, vadimonium security, and Gr. ?, ? a prize.
Cf. {Athlete}, {Gage} a pledge, {Wage}.]
A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] --Gower. Piers Plowman.
Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a
security]. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wed \Wed\, v. i.
To contact matrimony; to marry. ``When I shall wed.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wed
adj : having been taken in marriage [syn: {wedded}]
n : the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn: {Wednesday},
{Wed}]
v 1: take in marriage [syn: {marry}, {get married}, {conjoin}, {hook
up with}, {get hitched with}, {espouse}]
2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple
got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: {marry}, {tie}, {splice}]
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