Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preterit of
shrive . - To take part in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, in general, to make merry.
- noun Shrift; shriving: used only in composition, or in such phrases as
Shrove Tuesday . Seeshrift and shriving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. of
shrive . - Quinguagesima Sunday.
- the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday.
- intransitive verb obsolete To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past of
shrive . - verb obsolete To join in the festivities of
Shrovetide . - verb obsolete, by extension To
make merry .
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Examples
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Tomorrow being Ash Wednesday and the first day of Lent in the Latin rite, this is Shrove Tuesday -- "shrove" as in "shriven".
03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003 John 2003
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I can has maple sirip 4 shrove toosday to eat stack of cats?
Stack Cats - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I thought of you today and the whole Lent: you're doing it wrong thing you posted about with shrove tuesday/ash wednesday.
Bitter and disgruntled, all in one post, oh my! StyleyGeek 2008
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Nebber mind, I not eat stack of cats – i can has shrove toosday stak of pancakes insted!
Stack Cats - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Labels: pancake, shrove Tuesday, Sweet Foods + Baking posted by Niki at
Mmmm...syrup Niki 2007
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Labels: pancake, shrove Tuesday, Sweet Foods + Baking
Archive 2007-02-01 Niki 2007
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COOPER: Well, by the Christian calendar, tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, the world shrove from the old English word -- verb to -- to shrive, meaning to absolve.
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I made your wholemeal pancakes for my shrove Tuesday and they were fantastic.
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Councillor Lemur killed Iolar, who was another Flier, for the same reason; I shrove Iolar before he died.
Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996
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Upon a monthly basis, I shrove Patera Bull, His Cognizance's prothonotary, as he me.
Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994
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