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Bride
Pronunciation : Bride
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. br; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.]
Definition : 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.
2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bride
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make a bride of. [Obs.]
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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