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as in to marry
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 to mate
to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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as in to tie the knot
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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as in to espouse
to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wed The books detail Ditlevsen’s hardscrabble childhood, her flourishing early career as a poet and her catastrophic addictions, which left her wedded to a psychotic doctor and hopelessly dependent on opioids by her 30s. New York Times, 8 July 2024 On that beloved sitcom, Rauch played Bernadette, a microbiologist who weds Simon Helberg's Howard, and Bialik played Amy, a neuroscientist who marries Jim Parsons' Sheldon. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025 This was a controversial move among some in Congress and the human rights community who were wedded to an ideology that equated sanctions with leverage for change. Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024 Being wedded to your ideas is perfectly fine, but selling them to the fanbase is crucial. Michael Cox, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for wed

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“Wed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wed. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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