shrive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shrive	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for shrive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shrive v grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's" Synonym(s): shrive, absolve
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrive \Shrive\, v. i. To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrive \Shrive\, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[c6]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[c6]va to impose punishment; cf. OS. biskr[c6]ban to be troubled. Cf. {Shrift}, {Shrovetide}.] 1. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent. That they should shrive their parishioners. --Piers Plowman. Doubtless he shrives this woman, . . . Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. --Shak. Till my guilty soul be shriven. --Longfellow. 2. To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. Get you to the church and shrive yourself. --Beau. & Fl.