Wed
verb
To get married to someone.
They were wed in a simple ceremony.
Often appears as...
- get wed
- wed someone
verb
To combine two or more things to make one.
He's trying to wed traditional music with electronica.
Often appears as...
- wed to
- wed together
verb
To get married to someone.
They were wed in a simple ceremony.
Often appears as...
- get wed
- wed someone
verb
To combine two or more things to make one.
He's trying to wed traditional music with electronica.
Often appears as...
- wed to
- wed together
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Often used to describe the formal act of marriage in ceremonies.
The couple wed at the grand cathedral.
Pro Tip 2/3Past Tense Usage
Commonly used in its past form to talk about marriages that already happened.
They wed last summer.
Pro Tip 3/3Timelessness
Implies a sense of permanence or lasting union.
She is wed to a sailor who spends months at sea.
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Often used to describe the formal act of marriage in ceremonies.
The couple wed at the grand cathedral.
Pro Tip 2/3Past Tense Usage
Commonly used in its past form to talk about marriages that already happened.
They wed last summer.
Pro Tip 3/3Timelessness
Implies a sense of permanence or lasting union.
She is wed to a sailor who spends months at sea.
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Often used to describe the formal act of marriage in ceremonies.
The couple wed at the grand cathedral.
Pro Tip 2/3Past Tense Usage
Commonly used in its past form to talk about marriages that already happened.
They wed last summer.
Pro Tip 3/3Timelessness
Implies a sense of permanence or lasting union.
She is wed to a sailor who spends months at sea.
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
which sort of reinforce the idea that for each one of us, we have a kind of a core, an essence. There is something about what it means to be you which defines you, and it's kind of permanent and unchanging. The most kind of crude way in which we have it, are things like horoscopes. You know, people are very wedded to these, actually.
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Birth of a nickname -...
that started as a mistake, but from now on was what the word really was. It was rather as if you had gum on the bottom of your shoe and stepped on a leaf, dragged that leaf along for the rest of your life, were buried wearing that shoe and went to heaven in it to spend eternity wedded to that stray, worn-out leaf.
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Jean-Baptiste Michel:...
Like the verb "to wed" that you see here has become regular. So Erez and I followed the fate of over 100 irregular verbs through 12 centuries of English language, and we saw that there's actually a very simple mathematical pattern that captures this complex historical change,
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Technology hasn't...
economic consequences of divorce. So I came to realize that I don't think this is recklessness; I think it's caution. Today's singles want to know every single thing about a partner before they wed. You learn a lot between the sheets, not only about how somebody makes love,
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A little-told tale of...
and NGOs that are helping unwed mothers like Faiza find a place in society, and critically, stay with their kids. Now these efforts are small, they're often underfunded, and they face formidable opposition. But I am optimistic that, in the long run,
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The case to infect...
to ensure that and we accept those things it's not ideal but there is no other way to generate vaccines and I would apply the same to Jones grouse much of the medical establishment is passionately wedded to the to this sort
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My Daughter, Malala PIPE...
as disobedient. If she is married very early, she has to accept. Otherwise, she will be called disobedient. And what happens at the end? In the words of a poetess, she is wedded, bedded,
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Garth Lenz: The true...
The world does not need any more tar mines. The world does not need any more pipelines to wed our addiction to fossil fuels. And the world certainly does not need
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The myth of Cupid and...
Encouraged, she set out to find him. But Venus intercepted Psyche and said she and Cupid could only wed if she completed a series of impossible tasks.
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"You Never Can Tell" /...
was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle. C'est la vie, say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell. No, no, you never can tell. No, no,
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
which sort of reinforce the idea that for each one of us, we have a kind of a core, an essence. There is something about what it means to be you which defines you, and it's kind of permanent and unchanging. The most kind of crude way in which we have it, are things like horoscopes. You know, people are very wedded to these, actually.
Video examples
Birth of a nickname -...
that started as a mistake, but from now on was what the word really was. It was rather as if you had gum on the bottom of your shoe and stepped on a leaf, dragged that leaf along for the rest of your life, were buried wearing that shoe and went to heaven in it to spend eternity wedded to that stray, worn-out leaf.
Video examples
Jean-Baptiste Michel:...
Like the verb "to wed" that you see here has become regular. So Erez and I followed the fate of over 100 irregular verbs through 12 centuries of English language, and we saw that there's actually a very simple mathematical pattern that captures this complex historical change,
Video examples
Technology hasn't...
economic consequences of divorce. So I came to realize that I don't think this is recklessness; I think it's caution. Today's singles want to know every single thing about a partner before they wed. You learn a lot between the sheets, not only about how somebody makes love,
Video examples
A little-told tale of...
and NGOs that are helping unwed mothers like Faiza find a place in society, and critically, stay with their kids. Now these efforts are small, they're often underfunded, and they face formidable opposition. But I am optimistic that, in the long run,
Video examples
The case to infect...
to ensure that and we accept those things it's not ideal but there is no other way to generate vaccines and I would apply the same to Jones grouse much of the medical establishment is passionately wedded to the to this sort
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My Daughter, Malala PIPE...
as disobedient. If she is married very early, she has to accept. Otherwise, she will be called disobedient. And what happens at the end? In the words of a poetess, she is wedded, bedded,
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
The world does not need any more tar mines. The world does not need any more pipelines to wed our addiction to fossil fuels. And the world certainly does not need
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The myth of Cupid and...
Encouraged, she set out to find him. But Venus intercepted Psyche and said she and Cupid could only wed if she completed a series of impossible tasks.
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"You Never Can Tell" /...
was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle. C'est la vie, say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell. No, no, you never can tell. No, no,
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George Crook
American Soldier
It may be, however, that I am too much wedded to my own views in the matter, and as I have spent nearly eight years of the hardest work of my life in this department, I respectfully request that I may now be relieved from its command.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.
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George Takei
American Actor
I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater. And I've been able to wed the two passions.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.
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Michael Koryta
American Author
You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
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Hesiod
Greek Poet
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
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Kapil Sibal
Indian Politician
We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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Patrick M. Byrne
American Businessman
I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
American Writer
O month when they who love must love and wed.
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George Crook
American Soldier
It may be, however, that I am too much wedded to my own views in the matter, and as I have spent nearly eight years of the hardest work of my life in this department, I respectfully request that I may now be relieved from its command.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.
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George Takei
American Actor
I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater. And I've been able to wed the two passions.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.
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Michael Koryta
American Author
You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
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Hesiod
Greek Poet
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
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Kapil Sibal
Indian Politician
We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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Patrick M. Byrne
American Businessman
I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
American Writer
O month when they who love must love and wed.
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