wive verb. [wʌɪv] arch.
[Old English (ġe)wīfian = Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wīven, from wīf WIFE verb.]
1. verb intrans. Take a wife, marry. Freq. foll. by with. OE.

2. verb trans. Provide with a wife, obtain a wife for. E16.

3. verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Be a wife, act as a wife. rare. L16.

4. verb trans. Marry, become the wife or husband of. L16.

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