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wedlock |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wedlock \Wed"lock\, n. [AS. wedl[=a]c a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge + l[=a]c a gift, an offering. See {Wed}, n., and cf {Lake}, v. i., {Knowledge}.] 1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. ``That blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or wedlock.'' --Chaucer. For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord or continual strife? --Shak. 2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson Syn: See {Marriage}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wedlock \Wed"lock\, v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] ``Man thus wedlocked.'' --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wedlock n : state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" [syn: {marriage}, {matrimony}, {union}]
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