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verb (used without object)
1.
to take a wife; marry.
verb (used with object)
2.
to take as wife; marry.
3.
to provide with a wife.
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Wive
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Word Origin & History
wive
"to marry (a woman)," O.E. wifian, from wif "woman" (see wife). Cf. M.Du. wiven.
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