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as in to marry
to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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as in to mate
to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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as in to tie the knot
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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as in to espouse
to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wed On the beloved sitcom, Rauch of course played Bernadette, a microbiologist who weds Simon Helberg's Howard, and Bialik played Amy, a neuroscientist who marries Jim Parsons' Sheldon. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024 Cole and Dorman also recommend complimentary shawls and fire pits, which keep your guests warm and add to your winter wonderland wedding aesthetic. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024 Such shots reproduce García Márquez’s knack for wedding the ordinary to the extraordinary, and turning prosaic developments into enduring fables. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024 For any disgruntlement, Wonder ultimately sees himself as a positive agent for change, deeply wedded to the idea of music as a unifying force. Brian McCollum, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wed 

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“Wed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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