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Antonyms for wed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : wed
Phonetic Transcription : wɛd

Definition of wed

Origin :
  • Old English weddian "to pledge, covenant to do something, marry," from Proto-Germanic *wadjojanan (cf. Old Norse veðja "to bet, wager," Old Frisian weddia "to promise," Gothic ga-wadjon "to betroth"), from PIE root *wadh- "to pledge, to redeem a pledge" (cf. Latin vas, genitive vadis "bail, security," Lithuanian vaduoti "to redeem a pledge"). Sense remained "pledge" in other Germanic languages (cf. German Wette "bet, wager"); development to "marry" is unique to English. "Originally 'make a woman one's wife by giving a pledge or earnest money', then used of either party" [Buck]. Related: Wedded; wedding.
  • verb marry
  • verb join, unite
Example sentences :
  • Why should I guard it longer for him who may wed her, and whom I may never behold?
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • I have ever said that a brave lance should wed her; and, by my soul!
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • So Norss and Faia were wed, and they went to live in the cabin in the fir-grove.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • "The mountain shall not wed the sea," muttered the envious air.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Yes, it must be a dream, since certainly it was to no madman that I was wed last night.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • I think I understand you;—and they who are to be wed are happy?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I can wed them here myself—it would be the surer way—yes, that is what I shall do.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • "Professor Maxon intends to wed one of these to his daughter," von Horn continued.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • I have no mind to wed for a while, but Giles Martin of Gommatch is my sweetheart.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • We will inveigle ladies fair, and wed them in our secret cavern.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for wed

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