v. Obs. [OE. beweddian, f. bi-, BE- 2 + wedden to WED.]
1. trans. To wed, to marry.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Ex. xxi. 9. Gif he hiʓ his suna beweddaþ.
c. 1205. Lay., 11033. Custance hauede Ælene biwedded to quene.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, III. v. 74. Art thou, or na, to Pirrhus ȝit bywed?
2. fig. To unite closely and intimately.
1674. N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 10. Bewedding to body the things that belong to ghost.
1720. W. Gibson, Diet Horses, vii. (ed. 3), 105. They will be so much bewedded to Custom.
Hence Bewedded ppl. a.
c. 1205. Lay., 31960. His biweddede wif.
