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单词 shrove
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shrove /shrōv/ pat of shrive

Shrove /shrōv/

noun (obsolete)

Shrovetide

ORIGIN: Related to OE scrīfan to shrive

shrove intransitive verb (obsolete)

To celebrate Shrovetide (go a-shroving, to go round singing for money at Shrovetide)

Shroveˈtide noun

The three days preceding Ash Wednesday

Shrove Tuesday noun

The day before Ash Wednesday

shrive /shrīv/, also (after Spenser) shrieve /shrēv/ (RC church)

transitive verb (pat shrōve, shrīved or shrieved /shrēvd/; pap shriven /shrivˈən/, shrīved or shrieved)
  1. To hear a confession from, impose a penance on and give absolution to
  2. To confess
  3. To disburden by confession or otherwise
intransitive verb

To receive or make confession

ORIGIN: OE scrīfan to write, to prescribe penance, from L scrībere

shrīˈver noun

A confessor

shrīˈving noun (Spenser)

Shrift

shrīˈving-time noun (Shakespeare)

Time for confession

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