WIVE

wive

(verb) provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife

wive

(verb) marry a woman, take a wife

wive

(verb) take (someone) as a wife

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

wive (third-person singular simple present wives, present participle wiving, simple past and past participle wived)

(ambitransitive) To marry (a woman).

(transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife.

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Source: Wiktionary


Wive, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wived; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiving.] Etym: [AS. wifian, gewifian. See Wite.]

Definition: To marry, as a man; to take a wife. Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer.

Wive, v. t.

1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and wived." Shak.

2. To take for a wife; to marry. I have wived his sister. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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