wed

Meaning

1. (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
2. (transitive) To take as one's spouse.
3. (intransitive) To take a spouse.
4. (reciprocal) To take each other as a spouse.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
6. (figuratively, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
7. (Northern-England, Scotland) To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

Synonyms

marry

get married

espouse

give in marriage

conjoin

wedded

splice

be married

get hitched with

join

married

match

spouse

tie

wive

get hitched

hook up with

dedicate

confer

betroth

tie the knot

unite

conjugate

inaugurate

Wednesday

marry a wife

hallow

marry a man

miter

ordain

ordinate

Translations

marier

heiraten

casar

trouwen

casarse

sposare

casar

παντρεύομαι

épouser

vermählen

trauen

casarem-se

in de echt verbinden

παντρεύω

se marier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɛd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wedden

Inherited from Old English: weddian

Cognate with Scots: wed

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: wädje

Cognate with Western Frisian: wedzje

Cognate with Sanskrit: वधू

In summary

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”).
Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.