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Webster 1913 Edition
Housewive
{
House′wifeˊ
,House′wiveˊ
, }Verb.
T.
To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.
Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well
housewived
. Fuller.
Definition 2024
housewive
housewive
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Verb
housewive (third-person singular simple present housewives, present participle housewiving, simple past and past participle housewived)
- (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. — Fuller.