transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwed ]
verb
( wed·ded also wed ; wed·ding )
Etymology: Middle English wedden, from Old English weddian; akin to Middle High German wetten to pledge, Old English wedd pledge, Old High German wetti, Gothic wadi, Latin vad-, vas bail, security
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1. : to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : marry
2. : to join in marriage
3. : to unite as if by marriage: as
a. : to place in close or intimate association
films that made me conscious of the power of wedding image to music — Gerald Early
b. : to link by commitment or custom
never wed herself to the cause
was wed to the old ways
intransitive verb
: to enter into matrimony
• wed·der noun