wed-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: take in marriage; perform a marriage ceremony

Commentary: NP1[+agent] WED NP2 (to) (NP3)

Examples:
They were wed in the Chapel Royal.
Mary wedded John last week.

Mappings:
VerbNet: amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1
FrameNet: Forming_relationships
PropBank: wed.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: unite things

Commentary:
NOTE: Compare to Sense 1. This sense includes metaphorical uses only.

Examples:
Both guests seemed wedded to the ideas they had prior to the
speech.
He wedded the ideas of classical physics with the new Darwinian
history of nature.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM