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 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
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marries
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  • North Carolina classifies bigamy as a Class I felony, and the charge can result in imprisonment for anyone who knowingly marries while still legally married to another person.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sleek architecture marries centuries-old fortresses—while locals swap skis for kayaks, depending on the season.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Weds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weds. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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