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1.
shrīven
v.
147 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a)
Refl.
To make confession, make confession (to sb., to God); also
iron.
, with implication of impending decease [quot.: Chaucer
TC
]; (b)
refl.
shriven o (of)
, to confess (sins), make confession of…
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