Shrieve Definition

zhrēv
noun
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1623, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well.
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.
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verb
1808, Walter Scott, Marmion.
The jealous churl hath deeply swore,
That, if again he venture o'er,
He shall shrieve penitent no more.
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Noun

Singular:
shrieve
Plural:
shrieves

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