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Definition of wife

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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.

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Goody :: Goody (n.) Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.

Pair :: Pair (n.) A married couple; a man and wife.

Aunt :: Aunt (n.) The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A married woman; a wife.

Uxorious :: Uxorious (a.) Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband..

Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion..

Obstetricate :: Obstetricate (v. t.) To assist as a midwife.

Midwife :: Midwife (v. t.) To assist in childbirth.

Wed :: Wed (n.) To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

Sawbelly :: Sawbelly (n.) The alewife.

Wifelike :: Wifelike (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman..

Obstetricate :: Obstetricate (v. i.) To perform the office of midwife.

Concubine :: Concubine (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father..

Wittol :: Wittol (n.) A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest.

Seawife :: Seawife (n.) A European wrasse (Labrus vetula).

Wall-eye :: Wall-eye (n.) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.

Housewife :: Housewife (v. t.) Alt. of Housewiv.

Obstetrical :: Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art..

Cuckold :: Cuckold (v. t.) To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress..

Saraswati :: Saraswati (n.) The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry..