1. (n.) A pledge; a pawn.

2. (p. p.) of Wed.

3. (n.) To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

4. (n.) To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

5. (n.) Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

6. (n.) To take to one's self and support; to espouse.

7. (v. i.) To contact matrimony; to marry.

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