How do you use the word "wed" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "wed": Better be half hanged than ill wed. I don't want to wed again.

Wed Meaning

/ˈwɛd/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

verbTo take as one's spouse.

Sentence Examples

Better be half hanged than ill wed.

I don't want to wed again.

He wed a woman who surpasses him in age.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

tie wednesday marry

Antonyms:

unmarried

CEFR Practice Quiz

After a long engagement, the couple decided to ____ in a small church ceremony.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The couple decided to ____ in a small and very quiet ceremony in the countryside earlier this year today.

Word Origin & History

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 (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her." — 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

"In 1989, he wed Playmate Kimberley Conrad, a marriage that ended in 2010. In 2013, he married his younger girlfriend, Crystal Harris, with whom he was still wed at the time of his death." — 2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone:

"On the rock above was an inscription in three words. Ayesha translated it. It was `Wedded in Death.' What was the life-story of these two, who, of a truth, were beautiful in their lives, and in their death were not divided?" — 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

"Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity." — c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

"Men are wedded to their lusts." — 1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:

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