wive
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to take as wife; marry.
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to provide with a wife.
verb
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to marry (a woman)
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(tr) to supply with a wife
Etymology
Origin of wive
before 900; Middle English wiven, Old English wīfian, derivative of wīf; wife
Example Sentences
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But the rice trick is quickly becoming an old wive's tale; it doesn't work as well as, say, silica gel.
From Fox News
The men of Padua, where Fred Graham’s Petruchio has “come to wive it wealthily,” sport brightly hued tights, exaggerated codpieces and lavishly plumed caps.
From New York Times
But when I came, alas! to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day.
From The Guardian
Ono wived by letting husbands go; she mothered her daughter by letting her go.
From New York Times
Do those of your world never wive it?”
From Project Gutenberg
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