Wife, n.

n.; pl. WIVES. [A-S. & O. Fries. wif, O. Sax. wif, wibh, L. Ger. wief, D. wij, Icel. vif, Dan. viv, O. H. Ger. wib, M. H. Ger. wip, N. H. Ger. weib.]

1. A woman; an adult female;—used only in certain compounds and phrases, as ale-wife, fish-wife, good-wife, and the like.
2. The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock;—correlative of husband. “The husband of one wife.” I Tim. iii. 2.

Let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself, and let the wife see that she reverence her husband. Eph. v. 33.