Meaning

2 senses
  1. (rare, transitive)To marry (a woman).

  2. (rare, transitive)To be or become a wife to (someone); to provide (someone) with a wife.

Origin

From be- + wife.

From be- + wife.

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Forms

bewifes, bewifing, bewifed, bewifed
Base formbewife · to bewife
3rd person singularbewifes
Present participlebewifing
Past simplebewifed
Past participlebewifed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybewife
he, she, itbewifes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbewifed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bewifed
he, she, ithas bewifed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bewife

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbewifed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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