6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wedded \Wed"ded\, a. 1. Joined in wedlock; married. [1913 Webster] Let w?alth, let honor, wait the wedded dame. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. "Wedded love." --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. {Wedded}; p. p. {Wedded} or {Wed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wedding}.] [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[eth]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v[aum]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth. See {Wed}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. [1913 Webster] With this ring I thee wed. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. [1913 Webster] And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. [1913 Webster] Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: wedded See {wed} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: wedded adj : having been taken in marriage [syn: {wed}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: wed adj : having been taken in marriage [syn: {wedded}] n : the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn: {Wednesday}] v 1: take in marriage [syn: {marry}, {get married}, {conjoin}, {hook up with}, {get hitched with}, {espouse}] 2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: {marry}, {tie}, {splice}] [also: {wedding}, {wedded}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 76 Moby Thesaurus words for "wedded": affiliate, affiliated, allied, assembled, associate, associated, banded together, bound, bracketed, bridal, cabalistic, collateral, collected, confederate, confederated, conjoined, conjugal, conjugate, connected, connubial, conspiratorial, copulate, corporate, correlated, coupled, enleagued, epithalamic, federate, federated, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, husbandly, hymeneal, implicated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, incorporated, integrated, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, intimate, involved, joined, knotted, leagued, linked, marital, married, matched, mated, matrimonial, merged, nuptial, of that ilk, of that kind, one, paired, parallel, partnered, partners with, related, spliced, spousal, teamed, tied, twinned, undivided, united, unseparated, wed, wifely, yoked
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