˜yÐÄvlog

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wive

[ wahyv ]

verb (used without object)

wived, wiving.
  1. to take a wife; marry.


verb (used with object)

wived, wiving.
  1. to take as wife; marry.
  2. to provide with a wife.

wive

/ ·É²¹Éª±¹ /

verb

  1. to marry (a woman)
  2. tr to supply with a wife
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wive1

before 900; Middle English wiven, Old English ·ÉÄ«´Ú¾±²¹²Ô, derivative of ·ÉÄ«´Ú; wife
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wive1

Old English ge·ÉÄ«´Ú¾±²¹²Ô, from ·ÉÄ«´Ú wife
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Example Sentences

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But the rice trick is quickly becoming an old wive's tale; it doesn't work as well as, say, silica gel.

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The men of Padua, where Fred Graham’s Petruchio has “come to wive it wealthily,†sport brightly hued tights, exaggerated codpieces and lavishly plumed caps.

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But when I came, alas! to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day.

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Ono wived by letting husbands go; she mothered her daughter by letting her go.

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Do those of your world never wive it?â€

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