Wive
//waɪv// verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To marry (a woman). ambitransitive
"If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me."
- 2 provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife wordnet
- 3 To provide (someone) with a wife. transitive
- 4 marry a woman, take a wife wordnet
- 5 take (someone) as a wife wordnet
Example
More examples"If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me."
Etymology
From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).
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