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   Wed , 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. vadůti 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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   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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   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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   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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   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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