[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wife \wife\, n.; pl. wives. oe. wif, as. wif; akin to ofries.
    os. wif, d. wijf, g. weib, ohg. wimacb, icel. vimacf,
   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
see also:
wives hussy woman to give to wife to take to wife wife's equity 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wife
     n : a married woman; a man's partner in marriage syn: married
         woman ant: husband
     also: wives pl
see also:
married woman husband wives 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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.
   

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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. 
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