bewife
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bewife
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From be- + wife.
verb bewifes · bewifing · bewifed
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To marry (a woman).
She glowed into love, smiled, kissed him, fondled him like a mother. The male resents this mothering in his depth. It shields the home. The conquered woman turns back as a mother to draw him in, more and more into herself, to her warm quiescent hearth, to the unborn. The hunter rebels. It is then th
Similar: take to wife, wife, wive
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To be or become a wife to (someone); to provide (someone) with a wife.
Þæt wolde ðyncan wundorlic ælcum men þe on Englalande wæs, gif ænig man ær þam sæde þæt hit swa gewurþan sceolde, for ðam þe he wæs ær to þam swyðe up ahafen swylce he weolde þæs cynges ⁊ ealles Englalandes, ⁊ his sunan wæron eorlas, ⁊ þæs cynges dyrlingas, ⁊ his dohtor þæm cynge beweddod ⁊ beæwnod.
Similar: wive
Talk about this word "bewife." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bewife. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bewife. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bewife "bewife." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bewife.Cite this
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title = {bewife},
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