What does wive mean?

Definitions for wive
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wiveverb

    take (someone) as a wife

  2. wiveverb

    marry a woman, take a wife

  3. wiveverb

    provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife

Wiktionary

  1. wiveverb

    To marry (a woman).

  2. wiveverb

    To provide (someone) with a wife.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Wiveverb

    She dying gave it me;
    And bid me, when my fate would have me wiv’d,
    To give it her. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    If he have the condition of a saint, and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me. William Shakespeare.

  2. To Wiveverb

    To marry; to take a wife.

    Etymology: from wife.

    Were she as rough
    As are the swelling Adriatick seas,
    I come to wive it wealthily in Padua. William Shakespeare.

    The ancient saying is no heresy,
    Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. William Shakespeare.

    A shop of all qualities that man loves woman for; besides that hook of wiving, fairness, which strikes the eye. William Shakespeare.

    Design or chance makes others wive,
    But nature did this match contrive. Edmund Waller.

Wikipedia

  1. wive

    A wife (PL: wives) is a female in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgement. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow. The rights and obligations of a wife in relation to her partner and her status in the community and in law vary between cultures and have varied over time.

ChatGPT

  1. wive

    To wive is an old-fashioned or formal term meaning to take a woman as a wife or to marry a woman. It can also refer to the act of providing a spouse or wife for someone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wiveverb

    to marry, as a man; to take a wife

  2. Wiveverb

    to match to a wife; to provide with a wife

  3. Wiveverb

    to take for a wife; to marry

  4. Etymology: [AS. wfian, gewfian. See Wite.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Wive

    wīv, v.t. to take for a wife: to provide with a wife.—v.i. to marry.—n. Wive′hood (Spens.), wifehood. [A.S. wífianwíf, wife.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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