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SHRIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: shriven    , shrove   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grant remission of a sin to

Example:

The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys

Synonyms:

absolve; shrive

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "shrive" is one way to...):

forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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