shrive
21shrive — shiver …
22shrive — v 1.(all of sinners) impose penance on, penalize, punish, sentence. 2.(all of penitents) absolve, grant absolution, pardon, forgive, remit, excuse. 3. confess, make confession, do penance, declare one s sins, be penitent, repent; plead guilty,… …
23shrive — /ʃraɪv / (say shruyv) verb (shrove or shrived, shriven or shrived, shriving) Archaic –verb (t) 1. to impose penance on for sin. 2. to grant absolution to (a penitent). 3. to confess to a priest, for the purpose of obtaining absolution. 4. to hear …
24shrive — v.t. give absolution to after confession. ♦ shrift, n. absolution …
25shrive — v.tr. (past shrove; past part. shriven) RC Ch. archaic 1 (of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve. 2 (refl.) (of a penitent) submit oneself to a priest for confession etc. Etymology: OE scrifan impose as penance, WG f …
26shiver — shrive …
27Shrived — Shrive Shrive, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[=i]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[=i]va to impose punishment; cf. OS.… …
28Shrived — Shrive Shrive, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[=i]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[=i]va to impose punishment; cf. OS.… …
29Shriven — Shrive Shrive, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[=i]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[=i]va to impose punishment; cf. OS.… …
30Shriving — Shrive Shrive, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[=i]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[=i]va to impose punishment; cf. OS.… …
