The meaning of WED is to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : marry. How to use wed in a sentence.
- to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony; take as one's husband or wife. 2. to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry. 3. to bind; attach firmly: to wed oneself to the cause of the poor. 4. to blend; unite. 5. to contract marriage; marry. 6. to become united or to blend. contraction of we had, we should, or we would. Wednesday.
Word forms: weds , wedded language note: The form wed is used in the present tense and is the past tense. The past participle can be either wed or wedded.
Verb wed (third-person singular simple present weds, present participle wedding, simple past and past participle wed or wedded) (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
Definition of wed verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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wed (wed), v., wed ded or wed, wed ding. v.t. to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony; take as one's husband or wife. to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry. to bind by close or lasting ties; attach firmly: She wedded herself to the cause of the poor.
origin of wed Old English weddian, from the Germanic base of Scots wed ‘a pledge’; related to Latin vas ‘surety’, also to gage
The verb wed is mainly used in a formal context — marry is more common. You can also use either word to mean "join in marriage" or "perform a marriage ceremony," like when the Archbishop of Canterbury weds members of British royalty.