Wive
[waɪv]
Definition
(verb.) provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife.
(verb.) marry a woman, take a wife.
(verb.) take (someone) as a wife.
Inputed by Jon--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To marry, as a man; to take a wife.
(v. t.) To match to a wife; to provide with a wife.
(v. t.) To take for a wife; to marry.
Typed by Annette
Definition
v.t. to take for a wife: to provide with a wife.—v.i. to marry.—n. Wive′hood (Spens.) wifehood.
Edited by Cathryn
Examples
- Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands, said Mrs. March decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The English men of fashion in Paris courted her, too, to the disgust of the ladies their wives, who could not bear the parvenue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am sure we are constantly hearing, ma'am, till it becomes quite nauseous, concerning their wives and families,' said Bitzer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Plenty of them have other wives. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Emperor of Morocco don't know how many wives he has, but thinks he has five hundred. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I would be glad to talk about wives. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mother, you are better to me than ten wives yet. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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