Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - wed

 abbreviation see We WED  verb  (~ded; also ~; ~ding)  Etymology: Middle English ~den, from Old English ~dian; akin to Middle High German wetten to pledge, Old English ~d pledge, Old High German wetti, Gothic wadi, Latin vad-, vas bail, security  Date: before 12th century  transitive verb  1. to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony ; marry  2. to join in marriage  3. to unite as if by marriage: as  a. to place in close or intimate association films that made me conscious of the power of ~ding image to music — Gerald Early  b. to link by commitment or custom never ~ herself to the cause was ~ to the old ways  intransitive verb to enter into matrimony  • ~der noun