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单词 wedded
释义 wedded
adjective
also wed
Etymology: wedded from Middle English, from Old English geweddod, from past participle of weddian to wed; wed from Middle English wedde, from past participle of wedden to wed
1. : joined in marriage : married
 < wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife — Book of Com. Prayer >
 < the wedded pair leave the church >
2. : of or relating to marriage or persons married
 < no greater blessing … than pure wedded love — M.J.Huber >
 < forsaking his sole existence for the wedded life >
 < wedded bliss >
3.
 a. : devotedly or firmly attached or joined as if by marriage
  < that kind of mellow wisdom … not wedded to private dogmas — H.J.Laski >
  < attract voters not wedded to either of the two major parties — Times Literary Supplement >
  < a good boy, wed to peace and study — Carl Sandburg >
  < gaiety … wedded to melancholy — John Mason Brown >
 b. : existing in close or intimate association
  < form and subject matter are wedded from the beginning — Edward Sapir >
  < austerity and discipline wedded to labor and endurance — W.C.Dickinson >
  < the gramophone wedded to the thin sweet singing of the olive leaves in the evening wind — John Galsworthy >
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