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verb (shrives, shriving, shrove, shriven)
- (transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
- (transitive) To prescribe penance or absolution
- (intransitive or reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution
- "Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and ", - The Croppy Boy, trad Irish song.
Translations: Etymology: Old English scrifan, scrÄfan, from West Germanic - skrÄban, from Latin scribere "write". Cognate with Dutch schrijven, German schreiben; and (from Latin) with French écrire, Spanish escribir.
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