WEDDING, n. A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
 

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[aum]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth. See Wed, n.]

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1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. [1913 Webster]

With this ring I thee wed. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]

I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. [1913 Webster]

And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. [1913 Webster]

Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]

[Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]

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They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Wedding \Wed"ding\, n. [AS. wedding.]

Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials. [1913 Webster]

Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names. Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding. These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given by friends. [1913 Webster]

Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake, wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc. [1913 Webster]

Let her beauty be her wedding dower. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Wedding favor, a marriage favor. See under Marriage. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

wedding See wed

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

wedding

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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

noun

the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn: Wednesday]

verb

1: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]
2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, tie, splice] [also: wedding, wedded]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Wedding \Wed"ding\, n. [AS. wedding.]

Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.

Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz. --Longfellow.

Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names. Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding. These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given by friends.

Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake, wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc.

Let her beauty be her wedding dower. --Shak.

Wedding favor, a marriage favor. See under Marriage.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)