bewifed
bewifed adjective: having a wife. Also the simple past and past participle of bewife.
Adjective
bewifed (not comparable)
- Having a wife.
- He fiercely denies that he is George Fitzamble, but there is a trial and the court finds him a married man and charges him with the support of a wife. […] Well, Simoni refuses to have anything to do with Mrs. George Fitzamble, and the newspapers lampoon, and denounce him as an arrant swindler, and...1889 August 31, Jerome [pseudonym], “Lloyd Bryce’s New Book [Romance of an Alter Ego]. Its Occult Features and Literary Skill Create a Sensation.”, in The Dayton Daily Herald, volume XII, number 30...
- It is all right of course for the pure in heart to ship in carloads of protests against the seating in congress of the polygamous member from the home of the Saints, but if it is left to those members of the lower house who are without sin to cast the unseating ballots, the unduly bewifed Mr....1899 February 5, Jack Sawdorf, “Small Shot”, in Chester H[arvey] Rowell, editor, The Fresno Morning Republican, volume XVII, number 31, Fresno, Calif.: The Fresno Republican Publishing Company...
- Synonyms:
- wifed
Also used as
bewifed is also the simple past and past participle of bewife.
Synonyms of bewifed
Origin of bewifed
From be- + wife (noun) + -ed (“having”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Questions about bewifed
- What does bewifed mean?
- Bewifed means having a wife.
- What part of speech is bewifed?
- Bewifed is an adjective.
Words near bewifed in the dictionary
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