[wɛd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- get married to
(e.g: he was to wed the king's daughter)

- combine (two factors or qualities, especially desirable ones)
(e.g: in this album he weds an excellent programme with a distinctive vocal style)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English weddian, from the Germanic base of Scots wed ‘a pledge’; related to Latin vas ‘surety’, also to gage