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Wed (wĕd), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. veð a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith. vadti to redeem (a pledge), LL. vadium, L. vas, vadis, bail, security, vadimonium security, and Gr. ,  a prize.   Cf. Athlete, Gage a pledge, Wage.] A pledge; a pawn.  [Obs.]  Gower. Piers Plowman.

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

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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. veðja, Dan. vedde, Sw. vädja to appeal, Goth. gawadjōn to betroth.  See Wed, n.]

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    1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

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    With this ring I thee wed. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

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    I saw thee first, and wedded thee. Milton.

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    2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

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    And Adam, wedded to another Eve,

    Shall live with her. Milton.

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    3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

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    Thou art wedded to calamity. Shak.

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    Men are wedded to their lusts. Tillotson.

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    [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. Cowper.

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    4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse.  [Obs.]

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    They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. Clarendon.

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Wed (?), v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry.  “When I shall wed.”  Shak.

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