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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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   Wedding , n. [AS. wedding.] Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.
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   Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz.
   Longfellow.
   
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   ☞ Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names. Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding. These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given by friends.
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   ☞ Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake, wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc.
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   Let her beauty be her wedding dower.
   Shak.
   
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   Wedding favor, a marriage favor. See under Marriage.
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