Wed
Wed (wed) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, German wette a wager, Icelandic vee a pledge, Swedish vad a wager, an appeal, Gothic wadi a pledge, Lithuanian vadůti to redeem (a pledge), Late Latin vadium, Latin vas, vadis, bail, security, vadimonium security, and Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed} a prize. Compare Athlete, Gage a pledge, Wage.]
A pledge; a pawn. [Obsolete] — Gower. Piers Plowman
Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security].
Wed , transitive verb
[Old English wedden, Anglo-Saxon weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, Dutch wedden to wager, to bet, German wetten, Icelandic veeja, Danish vedde, Swedish vadja to appeal, Gothic gawadjōn to betroth. See Wed, n.]
1.
To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.
With this ring I thee wed.
I saw thee first, and wedded thee.
2.
To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
And Adam, wedded to another Eve,
Shall live with her.
3.
Figuratively: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
Thou art wedded to calamity.
Men are wedded to their lusts.
[Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.
4.
To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obsolete]
They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
Wed , intransitive verb
To contact matrimony; to marry.
When I shall wed.