wed

v., wed·ded, wed or wed·ded, wed·ding, weds.

v.tr.

1. To take as a spouse; marry.
2. To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.
3. To unite closely: a style that weds form and function.
4. To cause to adhere devotedly or stubbornly: He was wedded to the idea of building a new school.

v.intr.

To take a spouse; marry.

[Middle English wedden, from Old English weddian.]

verb

1. To join or be joined in marriage: espouse, marry, mate. Slang hitch. Idioms: tie the knot. See marriage/unmarried.
2. To bring or come together into a united whole: coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, couple, join, link, marry, meld, unify, unite, yoke. See assemble/disassemble.

v

Definition: join, unite
Antonyms: divide, separate

v

Definition: marry
Antonyms: divorce

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IN BRIEF: To marry; To take for a husband or wife; To unite closely or inseparably.

The sweetest lives are those to duty wed. — Elizabeth Browning

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ægte, gifte sig med, tage til ægte, bortgifte
v. intr. - blive gift, gifte sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
trouwen, met elkaar verbinden

Français (French)
v. tr. - épouser, se marier, unir, (fig) allier
v. intr. - se marier

Deutsch (German)
v. - heiraten, trauen, vereinen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παντρεύω/-ομαι, συνταιριάζω

Italiano (Italian)
sposare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - casar

Русский (Russian)
вступить в брак, сочетать браком, сочетать, гармонировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - casarse con, tomar por esposa, casar, unir
v. intr. - casarse, contraer matrimonio

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gifta sig med, gifta bort, förena (fig.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
与...结婚, 使结合, 结婚

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 與...結婚, 使結合
v. intr. - 結婚

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~와 결혼하다, ~와 융합하다, 헌신하다
v. intr. - 결혼하다, (단단히) 맺어지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 結婚する, 結婚させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتزوج, يزوج, يشد بإحكام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הצמיד, איחד‬
v. intr. - ‮התחתן, נישא‬

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