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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(transitive) To take as one's spouse.
She wed her first love.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(intransitive) To take a spouse.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
The priest wed the couple.
Origin: From , weddien, from , from , from , from *wadją, ultimately from . Cognate with , wod, to wed, , , Low German and Dutch to bet, German to bet, Danish to bet, Swedish to appeal, Icelandic to bet; more distantly, to . Related also to gage, engage, and wage. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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