WEDDED


Meaning of WEDDED in English

adjective

also wed

Etymology: wedded from Middle English, from Old English geweddod, from past participle of weddian to wed; wed from Middle English wedde, from past participle of wedden to wed

1. : joined in marriage : married

wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife — Book of Com. Prayer

the wedded pair leave the church

2. : of or relating to marriage or persons married

no greater blessing … than pure wedded love — M.J.Huber

forsaking his sole existence for the wedded life

wedded bliss

3.

a. : devotedly or firmly attached or joined as if by marriage

that kind of mellow wisdom … not wedded to private dogmas — H.J.Laski

attract voters not wedded to either of the two major parties — Times Literary Supplement

a good boy, wed to peace and study — Carl Sandburg

gaiety … wedded to melancholy — John Mason Brown

b. : existing in close or intimate association

form and subject matter are wedded from the beginning — Edward Sapir

austerity and discipline wedded to labor and endurance — W.C.Dickinson

the gramophone wedded to the thin sweet singing of the olive leaves in the evening wind — John Galsworthy

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.