different between weive vs wive
weive
English
Verb
weive (third-person singular simple present weives, present participle weiving, simple past and past participle weived)
- Obsolete form of waive.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
Middle English
Verb
weive
- Alternative form of weyven (“to avoid”)
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wive
English
Etymology
From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English w?fian, w?fi?an, ?ew?fian (“to take a wife; marry”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?v
Verb
wive (third-person singular simple present wives, present participle wiving, simple past and past participle wived)
- (transitive, intransitive) To marry (a woman).
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene III
- If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene III
- (transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife.
Synonyms
- wife (slang, African-American Vernacular)
Anagrams
- view
Middle English
Etymology 1
A version of wif with the voiced consonant analogically brought in from the plural forms.
Noun
wive
- Alternative form of wif
Etymology 2
From Old English w?fa, nominative plural of w?f.
Noun
wive
- plural of wif
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