Main Entry:

wed

Pronunciation:

\ˈwed\

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

wed·ded also wed; wed·ding

Etymology:

Middle English wedden, from Old English weddian; akin to Middle High German wetten to pledge, Old English wedd pledge, Old High German wetti, Gothic wadi, Latin vad-, vas bail, security

Date:

before 12th century

transitive verb1: to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : marry2: to join in marriage3: to unite as if by marriage: as a: to place in close or intimate association <films that made me conscious of the power of wedding image to music — Gerald Early> b: to link by commitment or custom <was wed to the old ways> intransitive verb: to enter into matrimony

— wed·der noun