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Etymology
From Middle English biwedden, from Old English beweddian (“to betroth, marry, give security”), equivalent to be- + wed. Cognate with Old Frisian biweddia.
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bewed (third-person singular simple present beweds, present participle bewedding, simple past and past participle bewed or bewedded)
- (transitive) To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry.
1964, AESCHYLUS PROMETHEUS BOUND:[…] You venerable Fates, a vision to see:
Approaching the bride-room of Zeus,
Or ever bewedded to bridegroom from heaven.
2003, Roberto Strongman, Allegorical I/lands:As his widowed mother remarries a Moor herself, she metaphorically beweds her husband's killer, leaving Lazarillo in Oedipal anxiety.
- (transitive) To unite closely and intimately; join.
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