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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wedded 
  adj  :  having  been  taken  in  marriage  [syn:  {wed}]




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