shrove
Americanverb
verb
Etymology
Origin of shrove
Middle English shroof, Old English scrāf
Example Sentences
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To be shriven, or shrove, means to obtain absolution from one's sin.
From Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
Shrovetide was, in times gone by, a season of such mirth that shroving, or to shrove, signified to be merry.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
It was I who shrove him when he lay dying of his wounds, and a nobler soul never passed from earth to heaven.
From The Brethren by Henry Rider Haggard
But the neighbouring wives, Who ne'er shrove in their lives,— Such wickedness Sathanas whispers!—
From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Thomas Cooper
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