单词 | to wive it |
释义 | > as lemmasto wive it Phrases to wive it. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] > of a man to wed (a woman) to wifea1000 brideOE i-wivec1000 wiveOE to wed (a) wife1297 to lead (a bride) to the altar, to church1530 to wive it1583 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > be or become married woman [verb (intransitive)] > act as a wife to wive it1583 wive1977 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Ejv Were it not very absurd..for maides being scarse borne, to begin to bride it, and say in so doing they woulde learne to wiue it? 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. D2v I should Wife it as fine as any woman could. 1600 T. Lodge in Englands Helicon sig. P.2 Heigh hoe the Sheepheard sayd, Ile make thee wiue it gentle Mayde. 1669 W. Wycherley Hero & Leander in Burlesque 9 Hows'ere Love, and Lover did contrive it, The cunning willful Widow did not wive it, Unless she practis'd secret Matrimony. ΚΠ 1608 J. Day Humour out of Breath sig. B3 Oct... Ile one day get, A husband for thee... Flo... Wiue it for them [sc. my brothers], you shall not husband me. c. Of a man: to marry; to take a wife. Now rare.In later use often with echoes of quot. a1616. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 74 I come to wiue it wealthily in Padua. View more context for this quotation 1744 H. Brooke Sparrow & Dove in E. Moore Fables Females Sex xiv. 100 But pray, Sir, how do you contrive it? Do those of your world never wive it? 1816 I. Styrke Euripedes's Alcestis Burlesqued 10 'Tis plain beyond dispute that no man E'er wived it with so good a woman. 1852 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 8 Sept. Lamoriciere can well do without a pension. He ‘wived it wealthily’ in the hey-day of his glory. 1903 P. MacKaye Canterbury Pilgrims iii. 153 I am a blunt knight who, on Satan's heel, Hath rode it and strode it, wenched it, wived it, and knived it..till..I be a blunt and rough but honest soldier. 1971 W. Gilles tr. S. Brant Ship of Fools lii. 129 If a man so badly wive it, His happiness will not survive it. 1993 B. Gottlieb Family in Western World 92 The appalling behavior of Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew..was apparently expected of those who wived it wealthily as well as those who wived it poorly. < as lemmas |
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