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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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 Meryl Streep’s schedule presumably explains why Loretta, newly wedded to Martin Short’s Oliver, spends the first half of the latest Only Murders in the Building season off-screen. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025 Another source told People in August 2025 that Swift and Kelce aren’t currently wedding planning. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025 Camus’ slim novel is wedded to Meursault’s point-of-view and he is framed as a man ultimately condemned by his failure to appropriately perform grief, with the wider social implications of his character left to the reader to unpack. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025 Kai Cenat speaks onstage during Fanatics Fest at the Javits Center in New York on June 21, and Kim Kardashian at Hotel Gritti in Venice, Italy, ahead of the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding on June 26. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wed
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  • They were married only for two years before Spears filed for divorce, and the two fought a bitter battle over custody.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Once off the track, friend and soon-to-be family member, Samantha Corum (married to Kelce’s cousin, Tanner) shared post-game fits to Instagram that revealed the revamp.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025

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