wed

1. (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.Examples: "The priest wed the couple."; "And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her."transitive

2. (transitive) To take as one's spouse.Examples: "She wed her first love."; "In 1989, he wed Playmate Kimberley Conrad, a marriage that ended in 2010. In 2013, he married his younger girlfriend, Crystal Harris, with whom he was still wed at the time of his death."transitive

3. (intransitive) To take a spouse.intransitive

4. (reciprocal) To take each other as a spouse.Examples: "They will wed in the summer."; "On the rock above was an inscription in three words. Ayesha translated it. It was `Wedded in Death.' What was the life-story of these two, who, of a truth, were beautiful in their lives, and in their death were not divided?"reciprocal

5. (figuratively, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.Examples: "I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative."; "Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity."; "Men are wedded to their lusts."figurativelytransitive

6. (figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.Examples: "They positively and concernedly wedded his cause."figurativelyintransitive