What is to match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and wived." Shak called?
wive — To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and wived." Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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