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wive

UK/waɪv/ uncommon

verb

1.

take (someone) as a wife

2.
3.

provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife

Origin

From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).

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