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(transitive, intransitive) To marry (a woman). / (transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife.

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wive

Source Word

wive

IPA(Pronunciation)

/waɪv/

intransitive transitive

(transitive, intransitive) To marry (a woman). / (transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞または他動詞）女性と結婚する / （他動詞）誰かに妻を与える

He plans to wive the woman he has loved for years.

彼は長年愛してきた女性と結婚するつもりだ。

Sense（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To marry (a woman).

If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife.

wives

（ present singular third-person ）

wiving

（ participle present ）

wived

（ participle past ）

wived

（ past ）