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shrive
\ˈshr]īv, esp South ˈsr], dial ˈsw]\ verb
(shrived \]īvd\ ; or shrove \]ōv\ ; shriv·en \]ivən also ivəm or ibəm\ ; or shrived ; shriving ; shrives)
Etymology: Middle English shriven, from Old English scrīfan to shrive, prescribe; akin to Old Frisian skrīva to shrive, write, Old High German scrīban to write; all from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from Latin scribere to write — more at scribe
transitive verb
1. : to hear the confession of, impose penance on, and give absolution to (a person) in the sacrament of penance
< the resident parson … would sing his daily Mass and come in to shrive the sick — G.G.Coulton >
2. : to free from guilt : pardon, purge
< shrives his burdened mind — Robert Trumbull >
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to hear confessions, to impose penance, and to give absolution in performance of the ecclesiastical office of confessor
< priests were praying, preaching, shriving — T.B.Macaulay >
2. : to confess one's sins especially to a priest
< mocked at the priest when he called her to shrive — Elizabeth B. Browning > |