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wed

  [wed] verb, wed⋅ded or wed, wed⋅ding.
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–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

Synonyms:
4. combine, fuse, merge.
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un·wed   (ŭn-wěd')   
adj.  Not married.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

wed 
O.E. weddian "to pledge, covenant to do something, marry," from P.Gmc. *wadjojanan (cf. O.N. veðja "to bet, wager," O.Fris. weddia "to promise," Goth. ga-wadjon "to betroth"), from PIE base *wadh- "to pledge, to redeem a pledge" (cf. L. vas, gen. vadis "bail, security," Lith. vaduoti "to redeem a pledge"). Sense remained "pledge" in other Gmc. languages (cf. Ger. Wette "bet, wager"); development to "marry" is unique to Eng.

unwed 
1513, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of wed.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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