누군가와 결혼하거나 혼인 관계를 맺다. (주로 문어체나 격식에서 사용됨)
To enter into marriage or to perform a marriage ceremony.
예문:
"The young couple decided to wed in a small chapel by the sea."
"He was wed to his high school sweetheart for over fifty years."
서로 다른 두 가지 요소, 성질, 또는 아이디어를 하나로 긴밀하게 결합하거나 조화시키다.
To combine or integrate two different things, often desirable qualities, into a whole.
예문:
"The film successfully weds dark comedy with a poignant social message."
"A good design should wed aesthetic beauty with functional utility."
어떤 신념, 습관, 또는 방식에 지나칠 정도로 집착하거나 그것을 고수하다. (보통 수동태나 과거분사 형태로 쓰임)
To be firmly and stubbornly attached to a particular idea, system, or practice.
예문:
"The department is still wedded to old-fashioned bureaucratic procedures."
"Many scholars are wedded to this theory despite new evidence against it."