(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:12:58

House"wife` (?), House"wive` (?), v. 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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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