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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEDDED, pp. Married; closely attached.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having been taken in marriage [syn: wed, wedded]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wed Wed, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[eth]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth. See Wed, n.] 1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. With this ring I thee wed. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton. 2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. --Milton. 3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak. Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson. [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. --Cowper. 4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.] They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. --Clarendon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wed Wed, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[eth]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth. See Wed, n.] 1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. With this ring I thee wed. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton. 2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. --Milton. 3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak. Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson. [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. --Cowper. 4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.] They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. --Clarendon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wedded Wed"ded, a. 1. Joined in wedlock; married. Let w?alth, let honor, wait the wedded dame. --Pope. 2. Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. ``Wedded love.'' --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are wedded to something such as an idea, you support it so strongly or like it so much that you are unable to give it up. (FORMAL) Conservationists are mostly wedded to preserving diversity in nature. = committed ADJ: v-link ADJ to n 2. Wedded means the same as married. (FORMAL) He proposed she become his lawfully wedded wife... ADJ: ADJ n

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