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wed·lock (wed′läk′)

noun

the state of being married; matrimony

Etymology: ME wedlok < OE wedlac < wed, a compact, pledge + -lac, an offering, gift, akin to ON leikr, play, Goth laiks, a dance < IE base *leig-, to leap, hop > Sans rḗjatē, (he) hops

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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