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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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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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“Wed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wed. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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