Careful Words

wed (n.)

wed (v.)

wed (adj.)

Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Taming of the Shrew. Act iii. Sc. 2.

  Men are April when they woo, December when they wed: maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.

And Thought leapt out to wed with Thought

Ere Thought could wed itself with Speech.

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. xxiii. Stanza 4.

  With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.

Book Of Common Prayer: Solemnization of Matrimony.