Shrove

//ʃɹəʊv// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of shrive form-of, past
  2. 2
    To join in the festivities of Shrovetide. obsolete
  3. 3
    To make merry. broadly, obsolete

    "Servant, your counsel's excellent good, And shall be follow'd, 'twill be rarely strange To see him stated thus, as though he went A shroving through the City"

Synonyms

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absolveabsolveacquitadminister absolutionadminister extreme unctionamnesty

Example

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"Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday."

Related phrases

Shrove MondayShrove SundayShrove Tuesdaymake merry

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