WED


Meaning of WED in English

/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.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .