Word Meanings - SHRIVEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

p. p. of Shrive.

SHRIVEN
p. p. of Shrive.
SHRIVE
shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skriva to impose punishment; cf. OS. biskriban to be troubled. Cf. Shrift, 1. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the
SHRIVER
One who shrives; a confessor.
SHRIVEL
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. (more info) shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv,