- verbarchaicshrive (verb) · shrives (third person present) · shrove (past tense) · shriving (present participle) · shriven (past participle)
- (of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve (someone):"none of her chaplains knew English or French enough to shrive the king"
- (shrive oneself)present oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution.
OriginOld English scrīfan ‘impose as a penance’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijven and German schreiben ‘write’, from Latin scribere ‘write’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb
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- Shrive is an old English verb that means to listen to someone's confession about what they have done wrong, and offer forgiveness1. It is a term used in the context of a priest listening to a confession123. The verb can also mean to impose penance on a sinner, grant absolution to a penitent, or hear confessions23.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.shrive verb [ T ] old use uk / ʃraɪv / us / ʃraɪv / present participle shriving | past tense shrove | past participle shriven Add to word list (of a priest) to listen to someone's confession about what they have done wrong, and offer forgiveness:dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/shriveverb (used with object), shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing. to impose penance on (a sinner). to grant absolution to (a penitent). to hear the confession of (a person). verb (used without object), shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing.Archaic. to hear confessions.www.dictionary.com/browse/shriveshrive (shrīv) v. shrove (shrōv) or shrived, shriv·en (shrĭv′ən) or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives v.tr. 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. To obtain absolution for (oneself) by confessing and doing penance.www.thefreedictionary.com/shrive
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