wed

Pronunciation: /ˈwɛd/

The English word “wed” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
To take as one's spouse.
To take a spouse.
To take each other as a spouse.
To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

Etymology

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”). Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden…

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