Shrieved vs Shrived - What's the difference?
shrieved | shrived |
(shrieve)
* 1591 , unknown author, :
* 1623 , :
* 1798 , :
* 1808 , :
(obsolete) To question.
* 1596 , '', 1869, Henry John Todd (editor), ''The Works of Edmund Spenser ,
(shrive)
(transitive, and, intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
* Shakespeare
* Longfellow
To prescribe penance or absolution.
(intransitive, or, reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.
As verbs the difference between shrieved and shrived
is that shrieved is (shrieve) while shrived is (shrive).shrieved
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(head)Anagrams
*shrieve
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Etymology 1
See sheriff.Noun
(en noun)- Please it your Majesty, here is the shrieve of Northamptonshire, with certain persons that of late committed a riot, and have appealed to your Majesty beseeching your Highness for special cause to hear them.
- I know him: he was a botcher's 'prentice in Paris, from whence he was whipped for getting the shrieve' s fool with child: a dumb innocent that could not say him nay.
Usage notes
* Also appears capitalised, particularly when used as a title.Etymology 2
See shrive.Verb
- He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away
- The Albatross's blood.
- The jealous churl hath deeply swore,
- That, if again he venture o’er,
- He shall shrieve penitent no more.
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- But afterwards she gan him soft to shrieve ,
- And wooe with fair intreatie, to disclose
- Which of the nymphes his heart so sore did mieve:
shrived
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(head)shrive
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Alternative forms
* shrieve (obsolete)Verb
- Doubtless he shrives this woman, / Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
- Till my guilty soul be shriven .
- "Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and'' ''shrive ", - The Croppy Boy, trad Irish song.