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shrove
[shrohv]
shrove
/ ʃrəʊv /
verb
a past tense of shrive
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shrove1
Middle English shroof, Old English scrāf
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Example Sentences
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"We went to bed as a normal family that shrove Tuesday, but woke up to our world having been devastated."
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The force said the word shrove is the past tense of shrive - confession before Lent - so it felt appropriate.
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It's Shrove Tuesday but what's with the pancakes, why the word "shrove" and what is Ash Wednesday?
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Shrovetide was, in times gone by, a season of such mirth that shroving, or to shrove, signified to be merry.
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But the neighbouring wives, Who ne'er shrove in their lives,— Such wickedness Sathanas whispers!—
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