Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wive
Participle: wived
Gerund: wiving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wive |
| you | wive |
| he;she;it | wives |
| we | wive |
| you | wive |
| they | wive |
Perfect
| I | have wived |
| you | have wived |
| he;she;it | has wived |
| we | have wived |
| you | have wived |
| they | have wived |
Past
| I | wived |
| you | wived |
| he;she;it | wived |
| we | wived |
| you | wived |
| they | wived |
Pluperfect
| I | had wived |
| you | had wived |
| he;she;it | had wived |
| we | had wived |
| you | had wived |
| they | had wived |
Future
| I | will wive |
| you | will wive |
| he;she;it | will wive |
| we | will wive |
| you | will wive |
| they | will wive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wived |
| you | will have wived |
| he;she;it | will have wived |
| we | will have wived |
| you | will have wived |
| they | will have wived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wive |
| you | wive |
| he;she;it | wive |
| we | wive |
| you | wive |
| they | wive |
Perfect
| I | have wived |
| you | have wived |
| he;she;it | have wived |
| we | have wived |
| you | have wived |
| they | have wived |
Imperfect
| I | wived |
| you | wived |
| he;she;it | wived |
| we | wived |
| you | wived |
| they | wived |
Pluperfect
| I | had wived |
| you | had wived |
| he;she;it | had wived |
| we | had wived |
| you | had wived |
| they | had wived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wive |
| you | would wive |
| he;she;it | would wive |
| we | would wive |
| you | would wive |
| they | would wive |
Perfect
| I | would have wived |
| you | would have wived |
| he;she;it | would have wived |
| we | would have wived |
| you | would have wived |
| they | would have wived |
Imperative
| you | wive |
| we | Let's wive |
| you | wive |
Verbs conjugated like 'wive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wive'
bive,
dive,
give,
hive,
jive,
live,
rive,
swive,
waive,
wave,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to marry (a woman)," O.E. wifian, from wif "woman" (see wife). Cf. M.Du. wiven.
2. From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).
Sample Sentences
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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. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:]