глагол [устаревшее]; [прошедшее время] shrove, shrived; причастие прошедшего времени shriven, shrived 1) а) отпускать грехи, исповедовать б) исповедоваться 2) налагать епитимью
verb (shrived or shrove; shriven or shrived; shriving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scrīfan to shrive, prescribe (akin to Old High German scrīban to write), from Latin scribere to write — more at scribe transitive verb 1. to administer the sacrament of reconciliation to 2. to free from guilt intransitive verb archaic to confess one's sins especially to a priest