Usually means: Marry a woman; take wife.
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  1. wive: Merriam-Webster
  2. wive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wive: Vocabulary.com
  6. Wive, wive: Wordnik
  7. wive: Wiktionary
  8. wive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. wive: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. wive: Dictionary.com
  11. wive (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Wive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. wive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. wive: Rhymezone
  15. Wive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. wive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. wive: FreeDictionary.org
  18. wive: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. wive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. wive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. WIVE: Acronym Finder
  2. wive: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wive)

▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To marry (a woman).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife.

Similar:
take to wife, marry, take a wife, espouse, get married, tie the knot, nuptialize, exchange vows, enwoman, housewive, more...

Opposite:
husband, spouse, partner
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Similar:
take to wife, marry, take a wife, espouse, get married, tie the knot, nuptialize, exchange vows, enwoman, housewive, more...

Opposite:
husband, spouse, partner



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