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WEDDING
marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony
(noun) the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; “their marriage was conducted in the chapel”
wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals
(noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
wedding, wedding party
(noun) a party of people at a wedding
WED
marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
(verb) take in marriage
marry, wed, tie, splice
(verb) perform a marriage ceremony; “The minister married us on Saturday”; “We were wed the following week”; “The couple got spliced on Hawaii”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
wedding
present participle of wed
Noun
wedding (plural weddings)
Marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
Joining of two or more parts.
Etymology 2
Verb
wedding (third-person singular simple present weddings, present participle weddinging, simple past and past participle weddinged)
(intransitive, humorous) To participate in a wedding.
Proper noun
Wedding (plural Weddings)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wedding is the 15970th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1818 individuals. Wedding is most common among White (92.24%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Wed"ding, n. Etym: [AS. wedding.]
Definition: 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.
WED
Wed (wĂŞd), n. Etym: [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. veedh a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith. vaduti to redeem (a pledge), LL. vadium, L. vas, vadis, bail, security, vadimonium security, and Gr. Athlete, Gage a pledge, Wage.]
Definition: A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] Gower. Piers Plowman. Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security]. Chaucer.
Wed, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.] Etym: [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. veedhja, Dan. vedde, Sw. vädja to appeal, Goth. gawadjon 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.
Wed, v. i.
Definition: To contact matrimony; to marry. "When I shall wed." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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