weds

verb

present tense third-person singular of wed
1
as in marries
to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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2
as in mates
to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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3
as in couples
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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4
as in espouses
to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of weds The resulting book, a deliberately meandering account of her Steel City sojourn, weds memoir, travelogue, philosophical rumination and journalistic investigation. — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Their paths continue together into adulthood in Silicon Valley, when Cecily marries a tech industry magnate and Sam, a doctor, weds a famed social media founder. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Located in Midtown, the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta weds an idyllic location with luxurious accommodations. — Ellie Nan Storck, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026 The film weds Jewish mysticism and slow-creeping horror with all the anxiety of new lesbian love. — Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 The new display weds the photonic chip with a 5- by 5-millimeter liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) panel, which has a resolution of 1,920 by 1,080 pixels. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • The kumquat shrub soda ($5) marries the citric brightness of kumquat with the tang of vinegar, brought to life with sparkling water.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Bridegan marries Kirsten Bridegan Bridegan married Kirsten Bridegan in 2017.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
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