wed – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wed

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wed
Participle: wedded (E)
Gerund: wedding

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwed
youwed
he;she;itweds
wewed
youwed
theywed

Perfect

Ihave wedded (E)
youhave wedded (E)
he;she;ithas wedded (E)
wehave wedded (E)
youhave wedded (E)
theyhave wedded (E)

Past

Iwedded (E)
youwedded (E)
he;she;itwedded (E)
wewedded (E)
youwedded (E)
theywedded (E)

Pluperfect

Ihad wedded (E)
youhad wedded (E)
he;she;ithad wedded (E)
wehad wedded (E)
youhad wedded (E)
theyhad wedded (E)

Future

Iwill wed
youwill wed
he;she;itwill wed
wewill wed
youwill wed
theywill wed

Future Perfect

Iwill have wedded (E)
youwill have wedded (E)
he;she;itwill have wedded (E)
wewill have wedded (E)
youwill have wedded (E)
theywill have wedded (E)

Subjunctive

Present

Iwed
youwed
he;she;itwed
wewed
youwed
theywed

Perfect

Ihave wedded (E)
youhave wedded (E)
he;she;ithave wedded (E)
wehave wedded (E)
youhave wedded (E)
theyhave wedded (E)

Imperfect

Iwedded (E)
youwedded (E)
he;she;itwedded (E)
wewedded (E)
youwedded (E)
theywedded (E)

Pluperfect

Ihad wedded (E)
youhad wedded (E)
he;she;ithad wedded (E)
wehad wedded (E)
youhad wedded (E)
theyhad wedded (E)

Conditional

Present

Iwould wed
youwould wed
he;she;itwould wed
wewould wed
youwould wed
theywould wed

Perfect

Iwould have wedded (E)
youwould have wedded (E)
he;she;itwould have wedded (E)
wewould have wedded (E)
youwould have wedded (E)
theywould have wedded (E)

Imperative

youwed
weLet's wed
youwed

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam wedding
youare wedding
he;she;itis wedding
weare wedding
youare wedding
theyare wedding

Perfect

Ihave been wedding
youhave been wedding
he;she;ithas been wedding
wehave been wedding
youhave been wedding
theyhave been wedding

Past

Iwas wedding
youwere wedding
he;she;itwas wedding
wewere wedding
youwere wedding
theywere wedding

Pluperfect

Ihad been wedding
youhad been wedding
he;she;ithad been wedding
wehad been wedding
youhad been wedding
theyhad been wedding

Future

Iwill be wedding
youwill be wedding
he;she;itwill be wedding
wewill be wedding
youwill be wedding
theywill be wedding

Future Perfect

Iwill have been wedding
youwill have been wedding
he;she;itwill have been wedding
wewill have been wedding
youwill have been wedding
theywill have been wedding

Conditional

Present

Iwould be wedding
youwould be wedding
he;she;itwould be wedding
wewould be wedding
youwould be wedding
theywould be wedding

Perfect

Iwould have been wedding
youwould have been wedding
he;she;itwould have been wedding
wewould have been wedding
youwould have been wedding
theywould have been wedding

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'wed'

rid, wed,

Verbs similar to 'wed'

bed, red, sed, ted, wad, web, wee, weed, weld, wem,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to combine more than one item into one
accouple, affix, associate, attach, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, hook, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, put together, splice, unite, yoke
to take as one's spouse
bewed, conjoin, couple, espouse, handfast, hitch, join, marry, splice

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. weddian "to pledge, covenant to do something, marry," from P.Gmc. *wadjojanan (cf. O.N. veðja "to bet, wager," O.Fris. weddia "to promise," Goth. ga-wadjon "to betroth"), from PIE base *wadh- "to pledge, to redeem a pledge" (cf. L. vas, gen. vadis "bail, security," Lith. vaduoti "to redeem a pledge"). Sense remained "pledge" in other Gmc. languages (cf. Ger. Wette "bet, wager"); development to "marry" is unique to Eng.
2. From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”).
3. Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage. See: Old English 'weddian', Proto-Germanic '*wadjōną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'wädje'.

Verbs referencing "wed"

German, old spelling wetten, Luxembourgish wetten, Dutch wedden, Lithuanian vesti, Russian водить, Danish vædde, Cimbrian béttan.

Sample Sentences

  • The priest wed the couple.
  • And Adam, wedded to another Eve,
  • Shall live with her. [1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
  • She wed her first love.
  • In 1989, he wed Playmate Kimberley Conrad, a marriage that ended in 2010. In 2013, he married his younger girlfriend, Crystal Harris, with whom he was still wed at the time of his death. [2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone:]
  • They will wed in the summer.
  • On the rock above was an inscription in three words. Ayesha translated it. It was `Wedded in Death.' What was the life-story of these two, who, of a truth, were beautiful in their lives, and in their death were not divided? [1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:]
  • I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative.
  • Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity. [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:]
  • Men are wedded to their lusts. [1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:]
  • […] When each by turns was guide to each,
  • ⁠And Fancy light from Fancy caught,
  • ⁠And Thought leapt out to wed with Thought,
  • Ere Thought could wed itself with Speech: […] [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 39:]
  • It will be a tragedy if further enterprises of this kind—for example, the one proposed between South Wales, Bristol and the South Coast via Salisbury—are now deferred until they, too, are realised too late to make an impact on a public that is too firmly wedded to the roads to be wooed back to the trains. [1962 April, “Death from Natural Causes?”, in Modern Railways, page 218:]
  • […] the PPS paper proposed a political doctrine that wedded modernization theory to U.S. support for national security states […] [2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 72:]
  • They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. [1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:]
  • I'd wed my head on that.