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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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    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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