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wed
verb
1 they are old enough to wed:
marry, get/be married, be wed, become husband and wife, become man and wife, plight/pledge one's troth;
informal tie the knot, walk down the aisle, take the plunge, get spliced, get hitched, get yoked, say ‘I do’;
archaic become espoused.
antonyms divorce, separate.
2 he's planning to wed his long-term girlfriend:
get/be married to, marry, be wed to, take as one's wife/husband, lead to the altar;
informal get hitched to, get spliced to, tie the knot with, make an honest woman of;
archaic espouse, wive.
antonyms divorce; jilt.
3 she wedded the old and new forms of spirituality:
unite, unify, join, link, connect, combine, amalgamate, fuse, integrate, weld, bond, stick together, bring together, knit together, glue, cement, coalesce, merge.
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