weds

present tense third-person singular of wed
1
as in marries
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 mates
to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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3
as in couples
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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4
as in espouses
to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of weds The resulting book, a deliberately meandering account of her Steel City sojourn, weds memoir, travelogue, philosophical rumination and journalistic investigation. Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Their paths continue together into adulthood in Silicon Valley, when Cecily marries a tech industry magnate and Sam, a doctor, weds a famed social media founder. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Located in Midtown, the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta weds an idyllic location with luxurious accommodations. Ellie Nan Storck, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026 The film weds Jewish mysticism and slow-creeping horror with all the anxiety of new lesbian love. Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 The new display weds the photonic chip with a 5- by 5-millimeter liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) panel, which has a resolution of 1,920 by 1,080 pixels. IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weds
marries
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  • Mira Furlan played Delenn, the Minbari ambassador who undergoes a physical transformation to bridge her species and humanity, and later marries Sheridan.
    JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There is a new, connected health care experience, which marries the pharmacy, optical and hearing centers into one suite.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 July 2026

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“Weds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weds. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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