Thesaurus: wive

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1. v. i. To marry, as a man; to take a wife.
2. v. t. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife.
3. v. t. To take for a wife; to marry.
4. v. take (someone) as a wife
5. v. marry a woman, take a wife
6. v. provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
7. To marry, as a man; to take a wife. Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer. 1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and wived." Shak. 2. To take for a wife; to marry. I have wived his sister. Sir W. Scott.
8. To marry, as a man; to take a wife.Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer.
9. v. take (someone) as a wife v. marry a woman, take a wife v. provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife