Bride (?), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. brd; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. brd, D. bruid, OHG. prt, brt, G. braut, Icel. brr, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.]
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.
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Bride, v. t.
To make a bride of.
[Obs.]
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