What is to confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. Get you to the church and shrive yourself. Beau & Fl called?
shrive — To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. Get you to the church and shrive yourself. Beau & Fl. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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