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   Bride , n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. brȳd; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. brūd, D. bruid, OHG. prūt, brūt, G. braut, Icel. brūðr, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. brūþs; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.]
   A woman newly married, or about to be married.
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   Has by his own experience tried
   How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
   Lyttleton.
   
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   I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
   Rev. xxi. 9.
   
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   Fig.: An object ardently loved.
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   Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.
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   Bride, v. t. To make a bride of. [Obs.]
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