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unwives

unwives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unwive.

Meaning of unwive

Verb

unwive (third-person singular simple present unwives, present participle unwiving, simple past and past participle unwived)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To divest of a wife; to divorce (someone) from his wife.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To cause (a woman) no longer to be a wife.
    • State law was not needed to unwive her. She had never been a wife. She had experienced nothing, given nothing. She had mocked passion with barter, and starved love with selfishness.1913 August, Constance Skinner, “Give Hand and Follow”, in Ainslee’s Magazine, volume 32, number 1, page 74

Questions about unwives

What is unwives the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unwives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unwive.

Words near unwives in the dictionary

  1. unwittingly
  2. unwittingness
  3. unwitty
  4. unwive
  5. unwived
  6. unwives
  7. unwiving
  8. unwizardly
  9. unwizened
  10. unwmk
  11. unwmkd

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