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take a wife

take a wife verb: to marry a woman.

Verb

take a wife (third-person singular simple present takes a wife, present participle taking a wife, simple past took a wife, past participle taken a wife)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, typically of a man) To marry a woman.
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take a wife meaning in Tamil and Bengali

take a wife in Tamil

(of a man) to marry a woman
பெண்கொள் peṇkoḷ, பெண்ணெடு peṇṇeṭu

take a wife in Bengali

একজন মহিলাকে বিয়ে করা

Forms of take a wife

third-person singular presenttakes a wife
present participletaking a wife
pasttook a wife
past participletaken a wife

Questions about take a wife

What does take a wife mean?
Take a wife means to marry a woman.
What is take a wife in Tamil?
Take a wife in Tamil is பெண்கொள் (peṇkoḷ), பெண்ணெடு (peṇṇeṭu). See Take a wife meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is take a wife?
Take a wife is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a wife?
The past tense of take a wife is took a wife.

Words near take a wife in the dictionary

  1. take a walkout powder
  2. take a whack at
  3. take a whiz
  4. take a whizz
  5. take a wicket
  6. take a wife
  7. take a wiz
  8. take a wizz
  9. take a wrong turn at Albuquerque
  10. take aback
  11. take account of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take a wife (page history and authors); take a wife (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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