释义 |
unˈwive, v. [un-2 3.] trans. To deprive (a person) of a wife. Also refl.
1611Florio, Dismogliare, to unwiue. 1633Ford Broken H. ii. ii, Had this sincerity beene reall once, My Orgilus had not beene now vn-wiu'd. 1759S. Fielding C'tess of Dellwyn II. 147 He was at once unwived, unhoused, and undone. 1824Medwin Convers. Byron I. 95, I began by being jilted, and ended by being unwived. 1851W. B. MacCabe Bertha III. 376, I can do more strange things than unwive myself and wive you. |