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   wed

   /wɛd/

   verb

   • 1. get married to: "he was to wed the king's daughter" Similar marryget/be marriedbe wedbecome husband and wifebecome man and wifeplight/pledge one's trothinformal:tie the knotwalk down the aisletake the plungeget splicedget hitchedget yokedsay ‘I do’archaic:become espousedget/be married tomarrybe wed totake as one's wife/husbandlead to the altarinformal:get hitched toget spliced totie the knot withmake an honest woman ofarchaic:espousewiveOpposite divorceseparatedivorcejilt
   • ▪ get married: "they wed a week after meeting"
   • ▪ give or join in marriage: "will you wed your daughter to him?"
   • 2. combine (two factors or qualities, especially desirable ones): "in this album he weds an excellent programme with a distinctive vocal style" Similar uniteunifyjoinlinkconnectcombineamalgamatefuseintegrateweldbondstick togetherbring togetherknit togethergluecementcoalescemerge
   • ▪ be obstinately attached or devoted to (an activity, belief, or system): "the government was wedded to budgetary orthodoxy"

   Word Origin Old Englishweddian, from the Germanic base of Scots wed ‘a pledge’; related to Latin vas ‘surety’, also to gage1.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • D

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