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wed

[wed] verb, wed⋅ded or wed, wed⋅ding.
–verb (used with object)
1. to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony; take as one's husband or wife.
2. to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry.
3. to bind by close or lasting ties; attach firmly: She wedded herself to the cause of the poor.
4. to blend together or unite inseparably: a novel that weds style and content perfectly.
–verb (used without object)
5. to contract marriage; marry.
6. to become united or to blend: a building that will wed with the landscape.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME wedde, OE weddian to pledge; c. G wetten to bet, ON vethja to pledge


4. combine, fuse, merge.
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un·wed   (ŭn-wěd')   
adj.  Not married.
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