wive v 1: take (someone) as a wife 2: marry a woman, take a wife 3: provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
Wive \Wive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiving}.] [AS. w[imac]fian, gew[imac]fian. See {Wite}.] To marry, as a man; to take a wife. [1913 Webster] Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Wive \Wive\, v. t. 1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and wived." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To take for a wife; to marry. [1913 Webster] I have wived his sister. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]