| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  shr v |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: shrove ( shr v) or shrived, shriv·en ( shr v  n) or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. To obtain absolution for (oneself) by confessing and doing penance. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Archaic 1. To make or go to confession. 2. To hear confessions. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English schriven, from Old English scrfan, from Latin scrbere, to write. See skrbh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | shriver —NOUN
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