wife 音标拼音: [w'ɑɪf]
n . 妻子,太太,老婆
妻子,太太,老婆
wife n 1 :
a married woman ;
a man '
s partner in marriage [
synonym : {
wife },
{
married woman }] [
ant : {
hubby }, {
husband }, {
married man }]
Wife \
Wife \,
n .;
pl . {
Wives }. [
OE .
wif ,
AS .
wif ;
akin to OFries .
&
OS .
wif ,
D .
wijf ,
G .
weib ,
OHG .
w [
imac ]
b ,
Icel .
v [
imac ]
f ,
Dan .
viv ;
and perhaps to Skr .
vip excited ,
agitated ,
inspired ,
vip to tremble ,
L .
vibrare to vibrate ,
E .
vibrate .
Cf .
Tacitus , ["
Germania "
8 ]:
Inesse quin etiam sanctum aliquid et providum putant ,
nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt .
Cf . {
Hussy }
a jade ,
{
Woman }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
A woman ;
an adult female ; --
now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases ,
as alewife ,
fishwife ,
goodwife ,
and the like . "
Both men and wives ." --
Piers Plowman .
[
1913 Webster ]
On the green he saw sitting a wife . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
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 . "
The husband of one wife ." --
1 Tin .
iii .
2 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Let every one you . . .
so love his wife even as himself ,
and the wife see that she reverence her husband . --
Eph .
v .
33 .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To give to wife }, {
To take to wife },
to give or take (
a woman )
in marriage .
{
Wife '
s equity } (
Law ),
the equitable right or claim of a married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision ,
by way of settlement or otherwise ,
out of her choses in action ,
or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery ,
for the support of herself and her children . --
Burrill .
[
1913 Webster ]
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wife ":
better half ,
bride ,
common -
law wife ,
concubine ,
consort ,
dowager ,
feme ,
feme covert ,
goodwife ,
goody ,
helpmate ,
helpmeet ,
lady ,
married woman ,
mate ,
matron ,
old lady ,
old woman ,
other half ,
rib ,
spouse ,
squaw ,
wedded wife ,
woman Wife The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (
Gen .
2 :
24 ;
Matt .
19 :
4 -
6 ).
Monogamy was the original law under which man lived ,
but polygamy early commenced (
Gen .
4 :
19 ),
and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history .
The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy .
A man might have a plurality of wives ,
but a wife could have only one husband .
A wife '
s legal rights (
Ex .
21 :
10 )
and her duties (
Prov .
31 :
10 -
31 ;
1 Tim .
5 :
14 )
are specified .
She could be divorced in special cases (
Deut .
22 :
13 -
21 ),
but could not divorce her husband .
Divorce was restricted by our Lord to the single case of adultery (
Matt .
19 :
3 -
9 ).
The duties of husbands and wives in their relations to each other are distinctly set forth in the New Testament (
1 Cor .
7 :
2 -
5 ;
Eph .
5 :
22 -
33 ;
Col .
3 :
18 ,
19 ;
1 Pet .
3 :
1 -
7 ).
WIFE ,
domestic relations .
A woman who has a husband .
2 .
A wife ,
as such ,
possesses rights and is liable to obligations .
These will be considered .
1st .
She may make contracts for the purchase of real estate for her own benefit ,
unless her husband expressly dissents .
6 Binn .
R .
427 .
And she is entitled to a legacy directly given to her for her separate use .
6 Serg . &
Rawle ,
R .
467 .
In some places ,
by statutory provision ,
she may act as a feme sole trader ,
and as such acquire personal property .
2 Serg . &
Rawle ,
R .
289 .
3 .
2d .
She may in Pennsylvania ,
and in most other states ,
convey her interest in her own or her husband '
s lands by deed acknowledged in a form prescribed by law .
8 Dowl .
R .
630 .
4 .-
3d .
She is under obligation to love ,
honor and obey her husband and is bound to follow him wherever he may desire to establish himself :
5 N .
S .
60 ; (
it is presumed not out of the boundaries of the United States ,)
unless the husband ,
by acts of injustice and such as are contrary to his marital duties ,
renders her life or happiness insecure .
5 .-
4th .
She is not liable for any obligations she enters into to pay money on any contract she makes ,
while she lives with her husband ;
she is presumed in such case to act as the agent of her husband .
Chitty ,
Contr .
43 6 .-
5th .
The incapacities of femes covert ,
apply to their civil rights ,
and are intended for their protection and interest .
Their political rights stand upon different grounds ,
they can ,
therefore ,
acquire and lose a national character .
These rights stand upon the general principles of the law of nations .
Harp .
Eq .
R .
5 3 Pet .
R .
242 .
7 .-
6th .
A wife ,
like all other persons ,
when she acts with freedom ,
may be punished for her criminal acts .
But the law presumes ,
when she commits in his presence a crime ,
not malum in se ,
as murder or treason ,
that she acts by the command and coercion of her husband ,
and ,
upon this ground ,
she is exempted from punishment .
Rose .
on Cr .
Ev .
785 .
But this is only a presumption of law ,
and if it appears ,
upon the evidence ,
that she did not in fact commit the act under compulsion ,
but was herself a principal actor and inciter in it ,
she may be punished .
1 Hale ,
P .
C .
516 ;
1 Russ .
on Cr .
16 ,
20 .
Vide Contract ;
Divorce ;
Husband ;
Incapacity ;
Marriage ;
Necessaries ;
Parties to actions ;
Parties to contracts ;
Women and ,
generally ,
Bouv .
Inst .
Index ,
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