different between weve vs wive

English

Contraction

weve

1. (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of we've

Anagrams

• vewe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?v?

Verb

weve

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of weven

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ve?v?/

Verb

weve

1. to weave

Related terms

• Wever

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wefan.

Verb

weve

1. Alternative form of weven (“to weave”).

Etymology 2

From Old Norse veifa.

Verb

weve

1. Alternative form of weven (“to go”).

Etymology 3

From Old English w?fan.

Verb

weve

1. Alternative form of weven (“to enclose”).

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)

1. (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.

2. (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

1. Alternative form of wif

Etymology 2

From Old English w?fa, nominative plural of w?f.

Noun

wive

1. plural of wif