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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wedded en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a couple) Joined in marriage.
  2. (not-comparable) Joined as if in a marriage.
    • So instead what we have now is a marriage of inconvenience - and it's fair to say that since then, the two haven't exactly walked hand in hand into the sunset to enjoy a life of wedded bliss. 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport:
    • The future policy of the Bundesbahn in diesel traction is firmly wedded to high-speed engines with hydraulic transmissions, and has standardised on four—possibly five—types. 1960 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Three”, in Trains Illustrated, page 677:
    • She was too wedded to the first thought that came into her mind to see that her second idea was better.

Deriveds

weddedness

Translations (2)

bg женен (Joined in marriage) · bg омъжена (Joined in marriage)

wedded en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of wed
    form of wed
    • 1986, St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Catherine P. Roth & David Anderson tr. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=hbMtKk-kiLMC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&sig=GVHA-ol3fLhiSzro9HX7X4Rs4hE She was wedded wearing no golden robe but chastity, piety, generosity, and every other virtue.
    • “Who would have thought she’d already been wedded and bedded?” 2004, Maureen O’Hara, ’Tis Herself:
    • Húrin wedded Morwen Eledhwen of the First House — and their children were Túrin and Nienor. 1976, [2004], J. E. A. Tyler, The Complete Tolkien Companion:
    • Ross the Red, it is said, wedded a Danaan woman, Maga, daughter of Angus Ōg. 1911, [1990], T. W. Rolleston, Celtic Myths and Legends:
    • 15th c., [1997], Thomas Malory, Eugène Vinaver ed. And kynge Lott of Lowthean and of Orkenay thenne wedded Margawse that was Gaweyns moder, and kynge Nentres of the land of Garlot wedded Elayne: al this was done at the request of kynge Uther.
    • But when he shall have wedded himself unto that duty so that he hath made it one with him as a bridegroom maketh himself one with his bride, then doth that duty become of a sudden very beautiful unto him and unto others. a. 1911 1986, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=vALiAcRyBcwC&pg=PA380&lpg=PA380&sig=hOThAAm-raql5gJhpMZzbU1P-T8