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   Shrive

   /SHrīv/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve (someone): archaic "none of her chaplains knew English or French enough to shrive the king"
   • ▪ present oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution. archaic

   Word Origin Old Englishscrīfan ‘impose as a penance’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijven and German schreiben ‘write’, from Latin scribere ‘write’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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