Joined in wedlock; married. [1913 Webster] Let
w?alth, let honor, wait the wedded dame. --Pope. [1913
Webster]
Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. "Wedded
love." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.] [OE. wedden, AS.
weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia
to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[eth]ja,
Dan. vedde, Sw. v[aum]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth.
See Wed, n.] [1913
Webster]
To take for husband or for wife by a formal
ceremony; to marry; to espouse. [1913 Webster] With this ring I
thee wed. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] I saw thee first,
and wedded thee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. [1913
Webster] And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her.
--Milton. [1913 Webster]
Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the
bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. [1913 Webster]
Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Men are wedded
to their lusts. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] [Flowers] are wedded
thus, like beauty to old age. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
To take to one's self and support; to espouse.
[Obs.] [1913 Webster] They positively and concernedly wedded his
cause. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
Word Net
wedded See wedwedded adj : having been taken in marriage [syn:
wed]
wed adj : having been taken in marriage [syn:
wedded] n : the fourth
day of the week; the third working day [syn: Wednesday]
Verb
2 perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister
married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The
couple got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, tie, splice] [also: wedding, wedded]
Moby Thesaurus
affiliate, affiliated, allied, assembled, associate, associated, banded together, bound, bracketed, bridal, cabalistic, collateral, collected, confederate, confederated, conjoined, conjugal, conjugate, connected, connubial, conspiratorial, copulate, corporate, correlated, coupled, enleagued, epithalamic, federate, federated, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, husbandly, hymeneal, implicated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, incorporated, integrated, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, intimate, involved, joined, knotted, leagued, linked, marital, married, matched, mated, matrimonial, merged, nuptial, of that ilk, of that kind, one, paired, parallel, partnered, partners with, related, spliced, spousal, teamed, tied, twinned, undivided, united, unseparated, wed, wifely, yokedEnglish
Pronunciation
- /'wεdəd/
Adjective
wedded- In the context of "of a couple": joined in marriage.
Verb
wedded- past tense of to wed.
Quotations
- [15th c.], 1997, Thomas
Malory, Eugène Vinaver ed.
- And kynge Lott of Lowthean and of Orkenay thenne wedded Margawse that was Gaweyns moder, and kynge Nentres of the land of Garlot wedded Elayne: al this was done at the request of kynge Uther.
- [1911] 1990, T. W. Rolleston, Celtic Myths and Legends
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=OcbAOkX1uRYC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&sig=55jgL7lmh-RoSHLCFwUE9Ak9TTM
- Ross the Red, it is said, wedded a Danaan woman, Maga, daughter of Angus Ōg.
- [1976] 2004, J. E. A. Tyler, The Complete Tolkien Companion
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=lII4lt_MAmQC&pg=PA328&lpg=PA328&sig=1Xrj5Ba8WNVeXzclh60oQtpM3lE
- Húrin wedded Morwen Eledhwen of the First House — and their children were Túrin and Nienor.
Verb
wedded- past participle of to wed
Quotations
- [a. 1911] 1986, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His
Knights
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=vALiAcRyBcwC&pg=PA380&lpg=PA380&sig=hOThAAm-raql5gJhpMZzbU1P-T8
- But when he shall have wedded himself unto that duty so that he hath made it one with him as a bridegroom maketh himself one with his bride, then doth that duty become of a sudden very beautiful unto him and unto others.
- 1986, St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life,
Catherine P. Roth & David Anderson tr.
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=hbMtKk-kiLMC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&sig=GVHA-ol3fLhiSzro9HX7X4Rs4hE
- She was wedded wearing no golden robe but chastity, piety, generosity, and every other virtue.
- 2004 Maureen O’Hara, ’Tis Herself
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=_xBMo-UNCgMC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&sig=NfvJnZ59cPHM1_x5_61cDx1BVjg
- “Who would have thought she’d already been wedded and bedded?”
Translations
- Dutch: gehuwd