Wed"lock , v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.]
"Man thus wedlocked."
Milton.
Wed"lock (?), n. [AS. wedlāc a pledge, be
trothal; wedd a pledge +
lāc 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.
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