Meaning & use
Wed
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To marry someone, or to join two people together in marriage.
See it in a sentence
The couple decided to wed in a small ceremony by the lake.
They will wed next spring after a two-year engagement.
A note on using this word
Wed can serve as both present and past tense ('wed' or 'wedded'), making it one of the few English verbs with two accepted past-tense forms.
Words with a similar meaning
marryespouse
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Words with an opposite meaning
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