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Bride![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bride \Bride\ (br[imac]d), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud,
burd, AS. br[=y]d; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br[=u]d, D.
bruid, OHG. pr[=u]t, br[=u]t, G. braut, Icel. br[=u][eth]r,
Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br[=u][thorn]s; cf. Armor. pried
spouse, W. priawd a married person.]
1. A woman newly married, or about to be married.
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Has by his own experience tried
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
--Lyttleton.
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I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. --Rev.
xxi. 9.
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2. Fig.: An object ardently loved.
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Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Bride \Bride\, v. t. To make a bride of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
bride
n 1: a woman who has recently been married
2: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn:
Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint
Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride]
3: a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Bride frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church is called "the bride" (Rev. 21:9; 22:17). Compare parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13). Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) BRIDE, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. Matching Word(s) Ride Bide Brie Brid Boride Bridge Bridle Gride Pride Tride Brede Bribe Brike Brine Brite Brize ride bide brie bridge bridle pride bribe brine BRIDGE BRIBE Brice
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