wedded also wed; wedding
1
: to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : marry
2
: to join in marriage
3
: to unite as if by marriage: such as
a
: to place in close or intimate association
films that made me conscious of the power of wedding image to music—
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b
: to link by commitment or custom
was wed to the old ways
: to enter into matrimony
wedder
noun
Examples of wed in a Sentence
They will wed in the fall.
The actress wed her fourth husband last year.
The novel weds tragedy and comedy.
His new writing job wedded his love of words and his eye for fashion.
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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
Still, Benny says, they were never wedded to being a duo.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Wed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wed. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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