shrive

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To confess, and receive absolution

Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive, - The Croppy Boy, trad Irish song.

To prescribe penance or absolution
To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
{v} to hear a confession, confess, reveal
{f} hear a confession of sins; assign penance for sins; absolve sins after confession and repentance
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; said of a priest as the agent
To confess, and receive absolution; used reflexively
To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution
shriven
Past participle of shrive
shriven
Past participle of shrieve
shriven
of Shrive
shrives
third-person singular of shrive
shriving
third-person singular of shrive
shriving
Shrift; confession
shrove
A past tense of shrive
shrove
To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry
shrove
past tense of to shrive
shrove
of Shrive
shrive

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    () Old English scrīfan, from West Germanic *skrīban, from Latin scrībō (“write”). Cognate from Germanic with Dutch schrijven, German schreiben; and from Latin with French écrire, Spanish escribir.

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    shrives, shriving, shrived
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