to wive
1
9.9
To marry a woman or provide a wife for someone
- verb
- /waɪv/
- Archaic
:
casar
Synonyms
5
9.2
To marry a woman
also means arranging a woman as a spouse for someone else
to wife
vsto wive
1
8.8
To marry a woman
can also mean arranging a woman to be someone else's spouse
9.9
To marry someone
is specific to providing or marrying a woman rather than any spouse
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word wive comes from the simple English word wife, which long ago meant 'woman' or 'wife'. So to wive someone was just to make them your wife, in other words 'to marry a woman', though this verb is now rare.