Definition of wednext
1
as in to marry
to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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2
as in to mate
to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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3
as in to tie the knot
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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as in to espouse
to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wed The break-up, announced in January, was a surprise because Carter, who succeeded Paul Keel as chief executive in March 2024, had run both Smiths Detection and Smiths Interconnect earlier in his career and some investors perceived him as wedded to them. Ian King, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025 One of my favorite books about the Constitution, by historian Michael Kammen, argues the paradox of Americans’ relationship to the Constitution is that people appear to be so wholly wedded to a document that so few have ever read for themselves. Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025 The film weds Jewish mysticism and slow-creeping horror with all the anxiety of new lesbian love. Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 But this daughter-in-law, now wedded for many years to the older son, was at the funeral, fine lines around her mouth, holding a boy to her side. Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wed
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marry
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  • The two were married for seven years and share a 6-year-old son, Shams.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The spouses married five years after striking up a conversation during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to W Magazine.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Wed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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