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Prided vs Brided - What's the difference?

prided | brided |

As verbs the difference between prided and brided

is that prided is past tense of pride while brided is past tense of bride.

prided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pride)
  • * 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , Washington Irving
  • *:"Ichobod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person."

    • 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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