Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wive

Wive, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Wived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wiving.] [AS. wīfian, gewīfian. See Wite.] To marry, as a man; to take a wife.Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer.

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Wive (2)

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.2. To take for a wife; to marry.I have wived ...

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Wivehood

Wive″hood (?), n. Wifehood. Spenser.

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Wiveless

Wive″less, a. Wifeless. Homilies.

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Wively

Wive″ly, a. Wifely. Udall.

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Wiver

{ Wiv″er (?), Wiv″ern (?), } n. [OE. wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See Viper,...

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Wives

Wives (?), n., pl. of Wife.

2249

Wizard

Wiz″ard (?), n. [Probably from wise + -ard.] 1. A wise man; a sage.See how from far upon the eastern roadThe star-led wizards haste with odors sweet! Milton.2. One devoted to th...

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Wizard (2)

Wiz″ard, a. 1. Enchanting; charming. Collins.2. Haunted by wizards.Where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Milton.

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Wizardly

Wiz″ard‐ly, a. Resembling or becoming a wizard; wizardlike; weird.

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Wizardry

Wiz″ard‐ry (?), n. The character or practices o� wizards; sorcery; magic. “He acquired a reputation bordering on wizardry.” J. A. Symonds.

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Wizen

Wiz″en (?), v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan�n to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel. visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably ...

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Wizen (2)

Wiz″en, a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. Dickens.

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Wizen (3)

Wiz″en, n. The weasand.

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Wizen-faced

Wiz″en–faced′ (?), a. Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.

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Wizened

Wiz″ened (?), a. Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man.

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Wlatsome

Wlat″some (?), a. [AS. wlatian to disgust, irk, wl�tta loathing.] Loathsome; disgusting; hateful.Murder is... wlatsom and abhominable to God. Chaucer.

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Wo

Wo (?), n. & a. See Woe. Chaucer.

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Woad

Woad (?), n. [OE. wod, AS. wād; akin to D. weede, G. waid, OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written also wad, and wade.]1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous pl...

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Woad-waxen

Woad″–wax′en (?), n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; — called also greenwood, greenweed, d...

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Woaded

Woad″ed, a. Colored or stained with woad. “Man tattoed or woaded, winter-clad in skins.” Tennyson.

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Woald

Woald (?), n. See Weld.

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Wobble

Wob″ble (?), v. i. See Wabble.

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Wode

Wode (?), a. [AS. wōd.] Mad. See Wood, a.Chaucer.

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Wode (2)

Wode, n. Wood. Chaucer.

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Wodegeld

Wode″geld′ (?), n. [See Wood, and Geld.] (O. Eng. Law) A geld, or payment, for wood. Burrill.

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Woden

Wo″den (?), n. [AS. Wōden; akin to OS. Wōdan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. Oðinn, and probably to E. wood, a. Cf. Wednesday.] (Northern Myth.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme d...