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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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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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wedded

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adjective

wedded

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verb (2)

variants also wed
past tense of wed
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as in espoused
to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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

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as in remarried
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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

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Further, McCann, a Navy veteran, has developed a moderate, pro-business image and has proved an adept campaigner over the years who has not been wedded to the Republican brand. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025 With current head coach Ruben Amorim wedded to a 3-4-3 formation, United’s summer shopping list will surely contain one of football’s rarer commodities: elite wing-backs. Carl Anka, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025 She was relegated to the cheap seats because her vote was needed to keep Johnson wedded to the gavel. Philip Elliott, Time, 27 Mar. 2025 Microsoft has been pushing Edge hard for some time now, with nags and security warnings to urge the vast majority of Windows users wedded to Chrome to the Edge. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wed
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  • Michaela is married to Peter Kell (Kevin Bacon), a billionaire hedge-fund manager whose immense fortune makes his wife’s philanthropic endeavors possible.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
  • Miller, whose previous films include The Ballad of Jack and Rose and Maggie's Plan, is also married to Daniel Day-Lewis, the star of such notable Scorsese films as The Age of Innocence and The Gangs of New York.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
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  • Tramp is a sports drama that explores the worlds of mixed marital arts (MMA) and motherhood.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 15 May 2025
  • Far from the stuff of checkout-line headlines, these were invariably moments of marital contentment, even bliss.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 15 May 2025

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“Wed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wed. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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