wive en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /waɪv/
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Etymology
From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) 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.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- (transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wived | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wived | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| wiving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wives | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
wife · take to wife · bewife · bewife
Translations (11)
ru пожени́ться (to marry (a woman)) · ta மணக்க (to marry (a woman)) · de zur Frau nehmen (to marry (a woman)) · ro căsători (to marry (a woman)) · eo edzinigi (to marry (a woman)) · sq marr (to marry (a woman)) · ru жени́ться (to marry (a woman)) · bg женя се (to marry (a woman)) · de heiraten (to marry (a woman)) · pt casar (to marry (a woman)) · pt esposar (to marry (a woman))