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Bribed vs Brided - What's the difference?

bribed | brided |

As verbs the difference between bribed and brided

is that bribed is past tense of bribe while brided is past tense of bride.

bribed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bribe)
  • Anagrams

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    bribe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
  • * Hobart
  • Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
  • That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
  • * Akenside
  • Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (brib)
  • To give a to.
  • * F. W. Robertson
  • Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
  • To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
  • to bribe somebody's compliance

    brided

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bride)

  • bride

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
  • * Bible, (w) xxi. 9
  • I will show thee the bride , the Lamb's wife.
  • * (1709-1773)
  • Has by his own experience tried / How much the wife is dearer than the bride .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
  • An object ardently loved.
  • Derived terms
    * bridezilla * bride-to-be
    Coordinate terms
    * bridegroom * groom
    Derived terms
    * * bridal * bride gift * bridegroom * bridezilla * bridely * bride price * bridesmaid * bride-to-be * bride wealth * off like a bride's nightie * war bride * would-be bride
    See also
    * husband-to-be * wife-to-be

    Verb

    (brid)
  • (obsolete) To make a bride of.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.
  • Anagrams

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