different between wive vs wiv

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

English

Alternative forms

• wid, wif (both informal)

Etymology

Alteration of with due to th-fronting.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?v, IPA^(key): /w?v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Preposition

wiv

1. (informal, nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of with.
   • 1988, Your Sinclair (issue 27, page 45)

     It's about time somebody sent me a tip for Thundercats. Such a classy little game, so fast, such marvy graphics, so pretty, so why no tips? Who knows, p'raps folks spend so much time noodling about wiv the game, they haven't got any time left to lift a pen and send me a letter.