Definition of shrive

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Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution..

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Scorching :: Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
Corky :: Corky (a.) Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up..
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
Parch :: Parch (v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever..
Shrived :: Shrived () of Shriv.
Weazeny :: Weazeny (a.) Somewhat weazen; shriveled.
Fagot :: Fagot (n.) An old shriveled woman.
Dry :: Dry (v. i.) To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
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..
Shriveled :: Shriveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shrive.
Shrove :: Shrove () imp. of Shrive.
Fulsome :: Fulsome (a.) Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled.
Shrivelled :: Shrivelled () of Shrive.
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..
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..
Wither :: Wither (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
Rivel :: Rivel (v. t.) To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers..
Pungled :: Pungled (a.) Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium)..
Shriven :: Shriven (p. p.) of Shriv.
Shrived :: Shrived (imp.) of Shriv.
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