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单词 shrive
释义

shriven.

Etymology: < shrive v.
rare.
Used for shrift n. 9.
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1867 ‘Ouida’ Idalia I. viii. 189 When they met again, he swore it should be for shorter shrive and deadlier work.
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shrivev.

Brit. /ʃrʌɪv/, U.S. /ʃraɪv/
Forms: Past tense shrove /ʃrəʊv/, past participle shriven /ˈʃrɪv(ə)n/. Forms: Old English scrífan, Middle English–1500s scrive, (Middle English ssriwe), Middle English ssrive, ssryve, screve, sc(h)rif, Middle English–1500s schrive, schryve, Middle English shrif(e, shryf(f)e, schreve, Middle English schryf, Middle English–1500s shryve, (Middle English schrywe, shrevy, 1500s schriffe, Scottish schryif, schirryve, 1500s, 1700s–1800s pseudo-archaic schrieve, 1600s shreeve), Middle English– shrive. past tense Old English scráf, Middle English ssrof, Middle English–Middle English schro(o)f, (Middle English shroof, schroff, shref (?), Middle English shroff, shrofe, shroef, scherof, shrow), Middle English– shrove; northernMiddle English scraf, Middle English s(c)hraf, Middle English schrafe, Middle English shraiff, shrafe, shrave, 1500s schrave; weak Middle English s(c)hryved, 1600s–1800s shrived. past participle Old English gescrifen, Middle English iscrifen, Middle English ischrive(n, Middle English i-, ys(s)rive, Middle English i-, ys(c)hryve(n; Middle English shrifen, Middle English scriven, Middle English schrive(n, scryven, scrywen, schrif(f)yne, schryfyne, Middle English shrive, schreve, schrevyn, Middle English–1500s s(c)hryve, -en, (Middle English schrifen, schryvin, shrivin, shrevyn, schrywe, screffe), Middle English–1500s shreve(n, (1500s schreven, schrevin, shereven, shervon, shryff); weak 1500s shrieved, shriev'd, shriv'd, 1800s shrived.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic (wanting in Gothic): Old English scrífan (-scráf, scrifon, ge-scrifen), to allot, assign, decree, adjudge, impose as a sentence, impose penance, regard, care for, corresponding to Old Frisian scrîva (skref, skreven), to write, impose penance (West Frisian skriuwe, skreau, skreaun, North Frisian skriiw, skreew, skrewen, East Frisian schriuwe to write), Old Saxon skrîƀan to write, (Middle) Low German schrîven, schreev, schrêven, Middle Dutch schrîven, screef, ghescrêven to write, paint, describe (Dutch schrijven, schreef, geschreven), Old High German scrîban, Middle High German scrîben, schreip, geschriben to write, draw, paint, describe, appoint, prescribe (German schreiben, schrieb, geschrieben), Old Norse and Icelandic (weak and with short ĭ) skrifa, -aða, -aðr to paint, write, Middle Swedish skriva, -adhe, -adhu, (strong) skref, skrivin, Swedish skrifva, skref, skrifven, Danish skrive, skrev, skreven (locally also weak); < Latin scrībere to write.
archaic.
1.
a.
(a) transitive. In Old English (const. dative.) To impose penance upon (a person); hence, to administer absolution to; to hear the confession of.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > make confession [verb (transitive)] > hear confession, shrive
shrivea776
unbindc950
assoil1297
soila1300
confess1377
releasec1405
absoil1440
absolve1528
shrift1611
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > give absolution [verb (transitive)]
shrivea776
unbindc950
assoil1297
soila1300
reconcilea1387
releasec1405
absoil1440
absolve1496
absolve1525
shrift1611
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > impose penance on [verb (transitive)]
shrivea776
penance1580
a776 Confess. Ecgberti ii. xvi, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 188 Ne hire nan preost scrifan ne mot ær heo þone sinscipe forlæte.
a975 Canons of Edgar lxv, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 258 We lærað þæt ælc preosta scrife & dædbote tæce þam þe him andette.
1027–34 Laws Cnut ii. lxviii. §1 A man sceal þam unstrangan men..liþelicor deman & scrifon þonne þam strangan.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 25 Ȝif ic forlete þe preost walde eskien on ester dei hwa me scriue.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15253 Þatt lærede genge. Þatt iss ȝuw sett abufenn.. To spellenn ȝuw off crisstenn dom To shrifenn ȝuw. & huslenn.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9178 Ælc mon scriuen [c1300 Otho scriue] oðer swulc hit weoren his broðer.
138. Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 265 Be war that no frer ham shryfe.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xxi. x. 855 He..prayed the bysshop to shryue hym and assoyle hym.
1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued iii. sig. C7 Wyse man you are no doubt..the Vicar of saint Fooles Go shriue you.
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore ii. sig. E Giue me leaue To shriue her; lest shee should dye vn-absolu'd.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 48 O shrieve me, shrieve me, holy Man!
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxii. 44 He shall shrieve penitent no more.
1841 G. P. R. James Corse de Leon ii ‘I will go with you..to shrive the dying’, said the priest.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 436 He found that none of her chaplains knew English or French enough to shrive the king.
1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars v. 219 There was none to shrive them.
(b) const. of (the sin).
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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 16012 He þe scal scriuen [c1300 Otho scriue] of þine weorld-lifen. þat þine sunen alle scullen þe from falle.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23151 Vnnethes sal man find an in lede þat wel will scriue þam o þis sake.
1525 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 419 To schriffe or absolve yaim of thaire synnys.
b. with extended application.
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1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins Iests to make you Merie 18 Three waiting gentlewomen sitting vp late one euening began to shriue one another, and to know what manner of Louers each other had.
1829 E. A. Poe Tamerlane in Poet. Wks. (1859) 206 Earth may shrive me of the sin Unearthly pride hath revelled in.
1881 A. O'Shaughnessy Songs of Worker 17 To tell the folk of love, of love to ease The burdens of their labour and their heart, Of love to shrive them of their sin.
1912 Eng. Rev. Dec. 144 Europe has become for the first time a Christian civilisation, shriven at last by the unChristian materialism of Bismarckian blood and iron.
c. absol. or intransitive. To perform the office of a confessor; to exercise the ministry of absolution; to hear confessions. rare.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > make confession [verb (intransitive)] > hear confession, shrive
shrivec1000
c1000–50 De Off. Episc. xi Ofer ealle þa scire þe he on scrife.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 302 Conscience called a leche þat coude wel shryue.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 449/1 Schryvyn, or here schryftys, audire confessiones.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. 55 A holly eue..When holly fathers wont to shrieue.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 90 Priests were praying, preaching, shriving, holding up the host and the cup.
2. passive. To ‘take shrift’ (see shrift n. 1); to be confessed; to make one's confession and receive absolution and penance.
a. Const. †of, by, †at, †with, or †to the confessor.
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c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xii. 291 Eow gebyrað þæt ge beon gescrifene on ðissere wucan oððe huru on ðære oðre.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 27 Ȝif he bið wel iscrifen and godfurht.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 246 As ofte as ich am ischriuen eauer me þuncheð me unschriuen.
a1300 Vox & Wolf 176 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 64 Were thou i-sriue, And sunnen heuedest al forsake.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2489 Hwan..he was wit þe prestes shriue.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 70 Nou ssel..þe ilke..yzy diligentliche to by yssriue.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 91 I wolde ben yshryue,..and I for shame durst.
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 387 I haue be shryuen [v.rr. schryue, schreue] this day at my curat.
a1400 Leg. Rood 195 Wat man..For his sinnus sori and schereuen be.
c1425 Cast. Persev. 550 in Macro Plays 93 Þanne schal he deye, & not be schrywe.
c1440 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 159 (note) Yff thowe be screffe.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur Table of Contents 26 How he was shryuen to an heremyte.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 898 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 89 To na man will I schriffyne be bot anerly to ȝow.
c1530 Ld. Dorset in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 148 It were petie he shuld be hanged tyll he had ben well shereven.
1555 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 94 To be shryff and fast iij days in on wyke.
c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 160 Elizabeth Watson..hard no preiching, nor was shervon.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle v. ii. sig. Eiiiv Since Diccon hath confession made, & is so cleane shreue.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 186 You ought firste to bee shryuen of one of the Monkes.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 172 She shall at Frier Lawrence Cell Be shrieued [1623 shriu'd] and married. View more context for this quotation
1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 37 So he were shrieu'd what need he care a pin?
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vii. i. 161 He died..but shriven and absolved.
1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. i. 9 Straightway would he go to the church and be shriven.
b. const. of, rarely from (the sin).
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c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 59 We agen alle to ben shrifene of ure synnes her we biginnen to fasten.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26401 O þaa Sinnes þou was of scriuen a.
c1400 St. Alexius (Laud 622) 338 Euery sonenday houseled he was, And shryuen also of vche trespas.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 25 Yf I were shryuen of my synnes, my soule shold be the clerer.
1821 J. Baillie Columbus in Metrical Legends iii Souls..from trespass shriven.
3.
a.
(a) reflexive. To make one's confession, go to confession, confess.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > make confession [verb (reflexive)]
shrive?c1225
confess1377
reconcile1869
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 55 Sum vnseli haueð hwenne ha seide ha schriue hire. ischriuen hire alto wunder.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26398 Þan behouis him screue him halli.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 61 Tell forth my Sone, and schrif the clene.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiii. 59 Þai say Godd bad neuer þat a man schuld schryfe him till anoþer man.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 13 And so she shroue her and was sethe of holy lyff.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 706/1 I wyll shrive me this lente at the Augustyne fryres, for there is pardon.
1533 J. Gau in tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay To Rdr. 3 Quhow men and vemen sal scriue thayme and quhou thay sal rekkine al thair sinnis to thair schrift fader.
1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 237 I was wont to shriue my selfe with great deuotion.
1641 W. Prynne Antipathie 40 King Iohn..was poysoned..by a Monke of that House; who went to the Abbot and shrived himselfe.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 204 Bid call the ghostly man Hither, and let me shrive me clean, and die.
(b) const. of (the sin).
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 195 Scrif þe þrof to mareȝen.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26408 Þof þou scraf þe o þi dede.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋ 106 Priuee synnes of whiche they shryue hem priuely.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 178 Þe chanoun..schroof hym to þe bysschop of þat synne.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 15 The veniall synnis, yat commounly men schryvis thame of here.
b. with extended application. Also const. of (Scottish): To renounce. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge
shrivec1374
disavowc1400
reject1426
renouncec1450
disvow1502
disavouch1583
disclaim1585
to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588
disacknowledge1598
forjure1601
disknow1606
disvoucha1616
to swear off1839
to throw down1895
to go into the discard1898
ditch1921
cancel1990
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 440 Here I me shryue and seye That wikkedly ye don vs boþe deye.
?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Avi To you oonly me thynke I durste shryue me For now am I..dysposed To shewe you thynges that may not be disclosed.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 267 To the my meik sueit saluiour, I me schrife.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 272 I schrif me of all cursit cumpany.
a1568 Bannatyne MS (Hunterian Club) 92 Ryse with thi ransoner fro deid, And the of all thy synnys schryfe.
1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. i. i. 4 [Zeus] that shreeves himselfe to his wife Iuno for all his slipperie prancks.
4.
a. intransitive. To confess one's sins, go to confession.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > make confession [verb (intransitive)]
to go, come to shrift1008
shrivea1300
to be confessed ofc1400
to seek to shriftc1400
confess1597
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26600 And for þe scam man thinc scriuand, It sal for part o penance stand.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 317 We ben sett to schryve of love.
c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 130 The wolf spake to hym, and shroue [c1440 Rawl. MS. confeste hyr] to þe preste.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1625 He wald..of his synnes to him schryue Þat he synned in all his lyue.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eei The preest [in the mass]..fyrst shriuyng to vs.
1803 W. Scott Gray Brother in Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. iii. 412 And who art thou, thou Gray Brother, That I should shrive to thee?
1832 R. S. Hawker Cornish Ballads (1908) 19 'Tis not to pray—'tis not to shrive—Therefore, what does she there?
1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary i. x A nun..Who mocked at the priest when he called her to shrive.
b. Rendering Latin confiteri of the Vulgate: To ascribe praise and glory to God. Obsolete.
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society > faith > worship > [verb (intransitive)]
shrivea1300
adorec1350
knowledgea1382
worshipc1384
a1300 E.E. Psalter vii. 18 I sal schrive to Laverd after his rightwisnes.
a1325 Prose Psalter xxix. 4 Syngeþ to our Lord..and shryueþ to þe mynde of his holinesse.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter vi. 5 He is noght..in hell wha sall shrife til þe.
a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 71 I schal schryue to thee lord in al myn herte.
5.
a. transitive. To confess (sins). Obsolete.
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the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > acknowledge, avow, or confess [verb (transitive)] > confess (sins)
showc1175
opena1225
shrivea1300
confessc1386
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > make confession [verb (transitive)]
showa1200
shrivea1300
confessc1386
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27105 To preist his sinnes scriue.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 330 [Ps. xxxii. 6] I seide, i shulde shryue my synnes aȝens me to þee, lord.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7081 And all þe case to him he shraue.
b. transferred. To reveal, disclose. Obsolete.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 579 Now haue I plat to yow myn herte schryuen.
1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 365v/1 All my secre to you I plaine, and shriue.
1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 53 I cannot live Another night, and not my passion shrive.
6. To forgive, pardon (a sin). rare.The first quot. is doubtful.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > give absolution [verb (transitive)] > absolve a sin
shrive1303
pardonc1390
remit1457
absolve1537
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 588 Ȝyf þou trowyst synne shal be forȝeue withoute repentaunce & shryue [v.r. repente here & be clene schreuyn].
1837 T. Hood Desert-born 126 ‘Nay then’, cried I—(heav'n shrive the lie!) ‘to tell the secret truth.’
7.
a. To question, examine (a person). Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)]
afraynec1380
speera1400
refraynea1450
searcha1450
questiona1470
interrogate1483
interrogue1484
demanda1513
pose1526
ferret1582
shrive1592
samen?1620
query1653
quiza1843
hackle1891
rag1908
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I2 Beleeue me thou shryuest me verie neere in this latter demaund.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xii. sig. M2 She gan him soft to shrieue . View more context for this quotation
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 36 Gently our Sauiour shee began to shrive, Whither he wear the Sonne of God, or no.
b. ? To inquire into (a matter). Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)]
underseekc897
speerc900
lookeOE
askOE
seeOE
teem witnessc1200
seeka1300
fand13..
inquirec1300
undergoc1315
visit1338
pursuea1382
searcha1382
examinec1384
assay1387
ensearchc1400
vesteyea1425
to have in waitc1440
perpend1447
to bring witnessc1475
vey1512
investigate?1520
recounta1530
to call into (also in) question1534
finger1546
rip1549
sight1556
vestigatea1561
to look into ——1561
require1563
descry?1567
sound1579
question1590
resolve1593
surview1601
undersearch1609
sift1611
disquire1621
indagate1623
inspect1623
pierce1640
shrive1647
in-looka1649
probe1649
incern1656
quaeritate1657
inquisite1674
reconnoitre1740
explore1774
to bring to book1786
look-see1867
scrutate1882
to shake down1915
sleuth1939
screen1942
1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 38 Shrive but their Titles, and their money poize, A Laird and Twenty pound pronounc'd with noise, When construed, but for a plaine yeoman go, And a good sober two-pence.
8.
a. To relieve (one) of a burden; †to rob.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)]
reaveeOE
benima1325
berob1340
pelfa1400
distress1490
derob1546
heave1567
shrive1630
strubc1680
spung1719
to do over1785
strong-arm1896
make1926
heist1930
to take off1937
hit1955
to knock off1960
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve of suffering
lighteOE
unbindc950
alightOE
slakea1300
deliverc1325
covera1375
lissec1374
relievea1382
allegea1425
refreshc1430
alighten1530
untaste1609
mitigate1644
disaffright1676
soothe1746
shrive1899
1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore v. ii. 93 I am here for shriuing those two fooles of their sinfull packe.
1899 R. Bridges Fair Brass in Poems 21 A..tomb: Such as to look on shrives The heart of half its care.
b. To remove, lift (a burden) from. rare.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > disencumber or disburden > remove or discharge (a burden)
removec1405
unfraught1563
roll1593
depose1617
to take off a person's handsa1629
shrive1814
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 57 To shreeve the purses of unconfessing and unmortify'd sinners.]
1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxviii. 108 To shrive from man his weight of mortal sin.
9. passive ? To be bound in an obligation. Obsolete.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > be bound by moral or legal tie [verb (intransitive)]
shrive1338
to be boundc1360
to be holdena1375
to be obliged1398
oblige1548
obligate1955
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 138 The barons & þe clergie in on wer alle schryuen, Vnto kyng Henrie ageyn William suld be gyuen.
10. transitive. To reconcile (a person) to a course of action. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > statement > acquiescence > acquiesce [verb (transitive)] > reconcile (a person) to a course of action
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1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1325/2 To reconcile, shriue, & win hir maiesties subiects to their diuelish intent.
1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night D 1 Much wonder I how treason and murder dispense with the darknes of the night, how they can shriue themselues to it.
11. Const. gen. in Old English, of in Middle English: To reck of, care for. Obsolete.
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c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xliv. 322 Ne he ne scrife ðæs hlisan buton hu he ryhtost wyrce.
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care lv Hi ne scrifon hwæðer hit wære ðe dæg ðe niht ðonne ðonne hi syngodon.
a1000 Boeth. Metr. x. 29 Deað þæs ne scrifeð.
a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 3884 Alisaunder nouȝth of hym shroof [Linc. Inn MS. gaf] Ac perciens to fore hym droof.
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