wed
wed \'wed\ vb or wed.ded also wed; also wed.ding [ME wedden, fr. OE weddian; akin to MHG wetten to pledge, OE]wedd pledge, OHG wetti, Goth wadi, L vad-, vas bail, security 1: to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : MARRY 2: to join in marriage 3: to unite as if by the bond of marriage : to enter into matrimony - wed.der n