2. To confess, and receive absolution; — used reflexively. Get you to the church and shrive yourself. Beau & Fl.
SHRIVE
Shrive, v. i.
Defn: To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution. Spenser.
SHRIVEL Shriv"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveled or Shrivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriveling or Shrivelling.] Etym: [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw. skröpling feeble, Dan. skröbelig, Icel. skrj brittle, frail.]
Defn: To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; — often with up.
SHRIVEL
Shriv"el, v. t.
Defn: To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
SHRIVEN
Shriv"en,
Defn: p. p. of Shrive.
SHRIVER
Shriv"er, n.