"take a wife" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take a wife.ogg Forms: takes a wife [present, singular, third-person], taking a wife [participle, present], took a wife [past], taken a wife [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a wife}} take a wife (third-person singular simple present takes a wife, present participle taking a wife, simple past took a wife, past participle taken a wife)
  1. (idiomatic, dated, of a man) To marry a woman. Tags: dated, idiomatic Translations ((of a man) to marry a woman): жані́цца (žanícca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), 娶親 /娶亲 (qǔqīn) (Chinese Mandarin), (qǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), ottaa vaimo (Finnish), prendre femme (French), megnősül (Hungarian), prendere moglie (Italian), żenić się [imperfective] (Polish), ożenić się [perfective] (Polish), pojmować za żonę [imperfective] (Polish), pojąć za żonę [perfective] (Polish), жени́ться (ženítʹsja) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), брать в жёны (bratʹ v žóny) [imperfective] (Russian), взять в жёны (vzjatʹ v žóny) [perfective] (Russian), tomar mujer (Spanish), жени́тися (ženýtysja) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "(of a man) to marry a woman",
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      "sense": "(of a man) to marry a woman",
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      "sense": "(of a man) to marry a woman",
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