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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Wedlock

/wĕd'-läkˌ/ · Wed·lock · IPA /ˈwɛd.lɒk/
01 n. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
  1. 1.
    The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
    “For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord or continual strife?” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    A wife; a married woman.[Obs.]
Syn. See Marriage.
02 v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.
  1. 1.
    To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.[R.]