wive

UK: /waɪv/ US: (wīv)

Inflections of 'wive' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

wives

v 3rd person singular

wiving

v pres p

wived

v past

wived

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

wive  (wīv), v., wived, wiv•ing. 
v.i. 

1. to take a wife;
   marry.

v.t. 

2. to take as wife;
   marry.
3. to provide with a wife.

• bef. 900; Middle English wiven, Old English wīfian, derivative of wīf; see wife

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wive / waɪv/ verb

1. to marry (a woman)
2. (transitive) to supply with a wife

Etymology: Old English gewīfian, from wīf wife