ˈwīv verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English wiven, from Old English wīfian, from wīf woman, wife — more at wife
intransitive verb
: to marry a woman : take a wife : get married
transitive verb
1. : to marry to a wife : provide with a wife : obtain a wife for
2. : to take for a wife : take to wife : make one's wife
3. : to become the wife of
any drab would suffice to wive such pitiful adventurers — J.R.Lowell