- 1. v. i. To marry, as a man; to take a wife. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To take for a wife; to marry. Source: opted
- 4. v. take (someone) as a wife Source: wordnet
- 5. v. marry a woman, take a wife Source: wordnet
- 6. v. provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 8. To marry, as a man; to take a wife.Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer. Source: adambom
- 9. v. take (someone) as a wife v. marry a woman, take a wife v. provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife Source: ecdict
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