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wiving, vbl. n.|ˈwaɪvɪŋ|
[f. wive v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb wive; taking a wife, marrying, marriage.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5955 He biþoȝte him..ȝif þer miȝte be eny red Þoru wiuinge..vor is wif was ded. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. ix. 181 Whiles þow art ȝonge..Wreke þe with wyuynge ȝif þow wilt ben excused. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. ii. (1495) b ij b/1 Angels..for they ben spyrytuall & bodylesse, they nede nother weddynge ne wyuynge. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 78 He allowed theim that wer towarde wiuyng, & yet wiued not. 1567Turberv. Epit., etc. 73 b, Let wyuing go, lyue single aye. 1591H. Smith Prepar. Marr. 27 In wiuing and striuing, a man should take counsell of all the world. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. ii. ix. 83 The ancient saying..Hanging and wiuing goes by destinie. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. v. 1832 The wivings of the wise King Solomon. 1756Monitor No. 35. I. 324 The consequence of so much wiving, was a numerous progeny. 1872J. C. Jeaffreson Brides & Bridals II. 54 In a priest the act of wiving was under no lawful circumstances positively sinful. 1910A. Hilliers Master-Girl vi. 152 Since the world and wiving began was there ever such a woman?
attrib.c1610Middleton, etc. Widow v. i. (1652) 59 [He] Sayes I'm ordain'd for him;..And that this wiving fate speaks in me to him.
So ˈwiving ppl. a.
1639H. Glapthorne Wallenstein iii. iii, The wiving Vine that 'bout the friendly Elme, Twines her soft limbes. |