wed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fourth day of the week; the third working day
    Wednesday; Midweek.
  2. verb take in marriage
    get hitched with; marry; conjoin; get married; espouse; hook up with.
  3. verb perform a marriage ceremony
    tie; marry; splice.
    • The minister married us on Saturday
    • We were wed the following week
    • The couple got spliced on Hawaii
  4. adjective satellite having been taken in marriage
    wedded.

WordNet

Wed noun
Etymology
AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. ve&edh; a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith. vadůti to redeem (a pledge), LL. vadium, L. vas, vadis, bail, security, vadimonium security, and Gr. , a prize. Cf. Athlete, Gage a pledge, Wage.
Definitions
  1. A pledge; a pawn. Obs. Gower. Piers Plowman.
    Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security]. Chaucer.
Wed transitive verb
Etymology
OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve&edh;ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. vädja to appeal, Goth. gawadj&omac;n to betroth. See Wed, n.
Wordforms
imperfect Wedded; past participle Wedded or Wed; present participle & verbal noun Wedding
Definitions
  1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.
    With this ring I thee wed. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
    I saw thee first, and wedded thee. Milton.
  2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
    And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. Milton.
  3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
    Thou art wedded to calamity. Shak.
    Men are wedded to their lusts. Tillotson.
    [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. Cowper.
  4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. Obs.
    They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. Clarendon.
Wed intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed." Shak.

Webster 1913