Wedded \Wed"ded\, a. 1. Joined in wedlock; married.
Let w?alth, let honor, wait the wedded dame. --Pope.
2. Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. ``Wedded love.'' --Milton.
Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. {Wedded}; p. p. {Wedded} or {Wed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wedding}.] [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. ve[eth]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n 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 \Wed\, v. t. [imp. {Wedded}; p. p. {Wedded} or {Wed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wedding}.] [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. ve[eth]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n 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.
Even if Saddam goes, the structures of the ruling Ba'ath party would be hard to dismantle and its officials would be still wedded to the concept of a single Iraq governed by the Sunni minority in the geographical centre of the country.
'A civilian government, yes, but one that he is certain will be able to guarantee his security, and not investigate allegations of corruption,' as one put it. Others fear the general has become wedded to power.
The administration, however, remains wedded to the free-spending ways of the past and therefore has had little influence over the program's new direction.
Mr Rifkind might have ruled out the track authority option, but many on the Conservative right are wedded to it.
Mr. Hoskins says he's not wedded to a particular measure, but doubts that a stable-price equilibrium would deter growth.
Rather than swiftly write off Nippon Housing's bad loans, its nine banks have agreed to forego interest on outstanding loans worth Y830bn for up to 10 years. The finance ministry is wedded to its traditional approach.
The message is an important one: While traditional economics is wedded to the notion that long expansions are doomed to fade because of their age, there is growing evidence that this is not necessarily the case.
The world's two most powerful economies have become inextricably wedded.
But Aspin, in an interview with the Associated Press, said he's not wedded to the six-to-eight-week time frame. "That's just an idea I threw out," he said.
Then, when it became clear several months ago that the party was wedded to the notion of defining the population by race groups, he asked for a separation.
Mr Bossi, as the head of a lively regional party that has grown from the grass roots upwards, is wedded to the idea of a more federal Italy.
And in Congress, it is no secret that the House Democratic leadership remains wedded to the shibboleths of the left.
Yeutter assured the House Budget Committee on Tuesday he was not wedded to the Reagan proposals.
But regulators and big banks appear wedded to the approach, which doesn't significantly dent reported profits.
Far from Swakopmund's European charm, the Kavango people of northeastern Namibia remain wedded to tribal customs.
Their innate tunefulness is wedded to clever and occasionally provocative lyrics.
"We're not wedded to a yield-maintenance concept," he says.
At last week's hearing, Gesell said he was "not wedded" to the Sept. 20 trial date, adding "we cannot go forward until we understand what we are going to try." North faces the most charges in the 23-count indictment returned March 16.
"They were wedded to their formula," says Louis W. Stern, a marketing professor at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Bullion dealers said gold prices were wedded to dollar prices, with any rally in the U.S. currency expected to put downward pressure on gold.