"wive" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /waɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wives [present, singular, third-person], wiving [participle, present], wived [participle, past], wived [past]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wiven}} Middle English wiven, {{m|enm|iwiven}} iwiven, {{inh|en|ang|wīfian}} Old English wīfian, {{m|ang|wīfiġan}} wīfiġan, {{m|ang|ġewīfian|t=to take a wife; marry}} ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wive (third-person singular simple present wives, present participle wiving, simple past and past participle wived)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To marry (a woman). Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Marriage
    Sense id: en-wive-en-verb-lyXBNVE5 Disambiguation of Marriage: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 48 46 3 3
  2. (transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wive-en-verb-NLAfcD9b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 48 46 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wife (english: African-American Vernacular) [slang]

Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: A version of wyf with the voiced consonant analogically brought in from the plural forms. Etymology templates: {{m|enm|wyf}} wyf Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wive
  1. Alternative form of wyf Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wyf
    Sense id: en-wive-enm-noun-gyz-OESu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English wīfa, nominative plural of wīf. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wīfa}} Old English wīfa, {{m|ang|wīf}} wīf Head templates: {{head|enm|noun plural form}} wive
  1. Alternative form of wyve (“wives”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wyve (extra: wives)
    Sense id: en-wive-enm-noun--Hq4CXp1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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