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Amenhotep (as used in expressions) (sh) and wed(2) (iou)


Amenhotep (as used in expressions) (sh)


wed(2) (iou)



wed verb. Now chiefly literary, dial., or formal. Infl. -dd-. Pa. t. & pple wedded, wed.
[Old English weddian, corresp. to Old Frisian weddia, Middle Low German wedden, Old High German wetton (German wetten) pledge, wager, Old Norse veeja pledge, Gothic gawadjon espouse, from Germanic base also of WED noun.]
verb intrans. Enter into a covenant (to do). rare. Only in OE.
verb trans. Orig., make (a woman) one's wife by the giving of a pledge. Later, (of a person of either sex) marry; become the husband or wife of (a person) by participating in a recognized ceremony or formal act. OE.
J. Wilson The husband, now no longer tied May wed a new and blushing bride.
verb trans. & intrans. Join (a couple) in Marriage; conduct the wedding ceremony for. OE.
R. Broughton The Helmsley Courier devotes three columns to..describing..how they were clad, who wed them.
b. verb trans. Give (a woman) in Marriage; cause to be married. rare. LME.
verb trans. In pass. Be joined in Marriage to (a husband or wife); be joined together as husband and wife. Formerly also foll. by with. ME.
Sir W. Scott I found her wedded to a Gascon squire.
verb intrans. Enter into matrimony, get married. Freq. foll. by to, with. ME.
verb trans. Wager or stake (money, one's life, etc.). obsolete exc. Scot. & north. LME.
verb trans.
a. Attach (a person etc.) indissolubly by affection or inclination to something; esp. in pass., be obstinately attached or devoted to (an opinion, habit, etc.). LME.
Economist He..seems wedded to a view of China common in the late Maoist period.
b. Unite (a thing) closely or intimately with or to something else; join in close association. E19.
J. Barzun The high middle class..wedded knowledge and elegance.
verb trans. Espouse or adopt (a cause, course of conduct, custom, etc.). Now rare or obsolete. E17.
wedded ppl adjective (a) that has been wed, married; (b) of or pertaining to Marriage or married persons; (c) obstinately attached (to an opinion, habit, etc.); (d) (of things) united or joined closely together: OE.