[wed] vb wed.ded also wed ; wed.ding [ME wedden, fr. OE weddian; akin to MHG wetten to pledge, OE wedd pledge, OHG wetti, Goth wadi, L vad-, vas bail, security] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony: marry
2: to join in marriage
3: to unite as if by the bond of marriage ~ vi: to enter into matrimony -- wed.der n