Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wedded"

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)

Wedded \Wed"ded\, a.
1. Joined in wedlock; married.

Let w?alth, let honor, wait the wedded dame. --Pope.

2. Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. ``Wedded love.''
--Milton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wedded
adj : having been taken in marriage [syn: {wed}]


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