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Shrive vs Unshrived - What's the difference?

shrive | unshrived |

As a verb shrive

is (transitive|and|intransitive) to hear or receive a confession (of sins etc).

As an adjective unshrived is

not shrived.

shrive

English

Alternative forms

* shrieve (obsolete)

Verb

  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Doubtless he shrives this woman, / Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
  • * Longfellow
    • Till my guilty soul be shriven .
  • To prescribe penance or absolution.
  • (intransitive, or, reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.
    • "Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and'' ''shrive ", - The Croppy Boy, trad Irish song.

    Derived terms

    * shrove * Shrovetide * Shrove Monday * Shrove Sunday * Shrove Tuesday

    Related terms

    * scribe * shrift

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    unshrived

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not shrived.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1860, author=James Fenimore Cooper, title=The Headsman, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Christians have been called into the dread presence, unconfessed and unshrived , to-night; and we should bethink us of their souls, rather than indulge in this grief in behalf of one that, however faithful, ends but an unreasoning and irresponsible existence." }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1916, author=Mrs. Reginald de Koven, title=The Counts of Gruyere, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Sprung from the carnival dances, where the masked Death forcing the terrified maidens to his embrace led them to the cemeteries to celebrate the memory of the dead, the priest countenanced these masks as religious rites and taught the superstitious people that their gifts would ease the souls of those sent suddenly unshrived to hell. }}