shrive/ʃraɪv; ʃraɪv/ v(pt shrived or shrove / ʃrəuv; ʃrov/, pp shrived or shriven / ˈʃrɪvn; `ʃrɪvən/) [Tn](arch 古) (of a priest) hear (sb) confess his sins and forgive him for them （指教士）听（某人）忏悔并赦其罪.
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