Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHRIVE
SHRIVE, v.t. [Sax. scrifan, to take a confession. But the sense seems to be to enjoin or impose penance, or simply to enjoin.]
To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession; as a priest. He shrives this woman. [Obs.] Shak.
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