Wed /(wĕd)/

1. A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.]

   Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security].

imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

1. To contact matrimony; to marry.