wive

[ wahyv ]

verb (used without object)

, wived, wiv·ing.

1. to take a wife; marry.

verb (used with object)

, wived, wiv·ing.

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

wive

/ waɪv /

verb

1. to marry (a woman)
2. tr to supply with a wife

Word History and Origins

Origin of wive¹

before 900; Middle English wiven, Old English wīfian, derivative of wīf; wife

Word History and Origins

Origin of wive¹

Old English gewīfian, from wīf wife

Example Sentences

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

From Fox News

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.

From New York Times

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.

From The Guardian

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

From New York Times

Do those of your world never wive it?”

From Project Gutenberg