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n. pl. Wives. A woman; an adult female and the spouse of a man. A woman who has a husband living; - now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like. A woman who is legally married to a living man. The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; - correlative of husband. To give to wife, To take to wife, to give or take (a woman) in marriage.

 - Wife's equity (Law), the equitable right ...