Definition of wife

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Wife (n.) A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like..

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Midwife :: Midwife (v. t.) To assist in childbirth.
Hussy :: Hussy (n.) A case or bag. See Housewife, 2..
Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place..
Cassiopeia :: Cassiopeia (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia..
Wife :: Wife (n.) The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.
Ramayana :: Ramayana (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
Man :: Man (n.) A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
Alimony :: Alimony (n.) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same..
Obstetrics :: Obstetrics (n.) The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth..
Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
Wive :: Wive (v. t.) To take for a wife; to marry.
Missis :: Missis (n.) A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate.
Fruitful :: Fruitful (a.) Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife..
Wifelike :: Wifelike (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman..
Wall-eye :: Wall-eye (n.) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.
Wed :: Wed (n.) To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.
Cuckold :: Cuckold (n.) A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.
Curtesy :: Curtesy (n.) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands..
Mother-in-law :: Mother-in-law (n.) The mother of one's husband or wife.
Paraphernalia :: Paraphernalia (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree..
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