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wive

verb
/waɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).

  1. inherited from wīfian
  2. inherited from wiven

Definitions

  1. To marry (a woman).

    • 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. To provide (someone) with a wife.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA