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verb Wed v. t. (past wedded; past part. wedded or wed; pres. part. wedding) 1.To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. "With this ring I thee wed." "I saw thee first, and wedded thee." 2.To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. "And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her." 3.Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. "Thou art wedded to calamity." "Men are wedded to their lusts." "(Flowers) are wedded thus, like beauty to old age." 4.To take to one's self and support; to espouse. (Obs.) "They positively and concernedly wedded his cause."
Wed v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed."
noun Wedding n. Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials. "Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz." Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names. Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding. These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given by friends. Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake, wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc. "Let her beauty be her wedding dower." Wedding favor, a marriage favor. See under Marriage.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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