(a) To wither permanently through death, age, disease, etc.; become wrinkled; ppl.shrunken, withered, wrinkled; (b) of leather or wood: to shrink through loss of moisture; (c) shrinken awei, to……
(a) To clear (sb., oneself of a crime or misdeed); -- also without obj. [1st quot.]; exonerate (oneself), exculpate; defend (oneself) from a charge or an accusation; skeren hire of him, clear herself……
