v.
(weds, wedding; past and past part. wedded or wed)
- formal or literary marry.
▸give or join in marriage.
▸
[
as adj. wedded]
of or concerning marriage:
wedded bliss.
- combine (two desirable factors or qualities).
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(be wedded to)
be entirely devoted to (an activity, belief, etc.).
Etymology
OE weddian, from the Gmc base of Scots wed ‘a pledge’; rel. to gage1.