/wed/ , v. , wedded or wed, wedding .
v.t.
1. to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony; take as one's husband or wife.
2. to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry.
3. to bind by close or lasting ties; attach firmly: She wedded herself to the cause of the poor.
4. to blend together or unite inseparably: a novel that weds style and content perfectly.
v.i.
5. to contract marriage; marry.
6. to become united or to blend: a building that will wed with the landscape.
[ bef. 900; ME wedde, OE weddian to pledge; c. G wetten to bet, ON vethja to pledge ]
Syn. 4. combine, fuse, merge.