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 verb 1 : to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : marry
2 : to join in marriage
3 : 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