shrive

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To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
(quote-book) Book XXI, Chapter ii, leaf 421v|text=''And thenne whan paper & ynke was broughte thenne Gawayn was set vp weykely by kynge Arthur for he was shryuen a lytel tofore and thenne he wrote thus as the Frensshe book maketh mencyon''"And then when paper and ink was brought, then Gawaine was set up weakly by King Arthur, for he was shriven a little to-fore; and then he wrote thus, as the French book maketh mention"
(RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice)
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1) / Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
To free from guilt, to absolve.
(quote-book)|title=Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems|passage=I will not madly deem that powerOf Earth may shrive me of the sinUnearthly pride hath revell’d in— …
(RQ:Longfellow Tales of a Wayside Inn)
To prescribe penance or absolution.
To confess, and receive absolution.
c. 1798-1845, unknown author, ''(w)''

'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive.