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- wife ► NOUN (pl. wives) 1) a married woman considered in relation to her husband. 2) archaic or dialect a woman, especially an old or uneducated one.DERIVATIVES wifely adjective.ORIGIN Old English, «woman».
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Wife — Wife, n.; pl. {Wives}. [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. w[=i]b, Icel. v[=i]f, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
WIFE — can refer to:* WIFE (AM), a radio station at 1580 AM licensed to Connersville, Indiana * WIFE FM, a radio station at 94.3 FM licensed to Rushville, Indiana * WMOJ FM, an FM radio station formerly known as WIFE FM from 1994 2006 … Wikipedia
wife — index consort, spouse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Wife — For other uses, see Wife (disambiguation). The Merchant s Wife (1918) by Boris Kustodiev … Wikipedia
wife — n. 1) (old fashioned) to take a wife 2) to beat; desert, leave one s wife 3) an abused, battered; common law; estranged wife; ex wife, former; jealous; unfaithful wife 4) (misc.) he had two children by his first wife * * * [waɪf] battered common… … Combinatory dictionary
wife — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new ▪ future ▪ former (also ex wife) ▪ first, second, etc. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Wife — Recorded in a number of spellings including Wife, Whife, Whiff, and the diminutives Whiffen, Whifen, Whyffen, and Whiffin, this is a very unusual medieval English surname. Deriving from the ancient pre 7th century word wif meaning woman, with the … Surnames reference
wife — wifedom, n. wifeless, adj. wifelessness, n. /wuyf/, n., pl. wives /wuyvz/, v., wifed, wifing. n. 1. a woman joined in marriage to a man; a woman considered in relation to her husband; spouse. 2. a woman (archaic or dial., except in idioms): old… … Universalium
Wife — The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4 6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history. The law of … Easton's Bible Dictionary
wife — Synonyms and related words: better half, bride, common law wife, concubine, consort, dowager, feme, feme covert, goodwife, goody, helpmate, helpmeet, lady, married woman, mate, matron, old lady, old woman, other half, rib, spouse, squaw, wedded… … Moby Thesaurus
wife — noun (plural wives) Etymology: Middle English wif, from Old English wīf; akin to Old High German wīb wife and probably to Tocharian B kwīpe female pudenda Date: before 12th century 1. a. dialect woman b. a woman acting in a specified capacity… … New Collegiate Dictionary
