Category:Wive

Wive, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wived; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiving.] Etym: [as. Wifian, gewifian. See wite.]

Defn: to marry, as a man; to take a wife. Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer.

Wive Wive, v. t.

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.