Definition of shrive

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Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..

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Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..
Shriven :: Shriven (p. p.) of Shriv.
Wizen-faced :: Wizen-faced (a.) Having a shriveled, thin, withered face..
Scorching :: Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
Dry :: Dry (v. i.) To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
Parch :: Parch (v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..
Wizened :: Wizened (a.) Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man..
Shriveled :: Shriveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shrive.
Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. t.) To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
Shriven :: Shriven () p. p. of Shrive.
Weazeny :: Weazeny (a.) Somewhat weazen; shriveled.
Shrive :: Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution..
Rivel :: Rivel (v. t.) To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers..
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. i.) To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up..
Shriveling :: Shriveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrive.
Corky :: Corky (a.) Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up..
Shrivelled :: Shrivelled () of Shrive.
Shrieve :: Shrieve (v. t.) To shrive; to question.
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