English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: shrōv, IPA(key): /ʃɹəʊv/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊv

Verb edit

shrove

  1. simple past of shrive

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

shrove (third-person singular simple present shroves, present participle shroving, simple past and past participle shroved)

  1. (obsolete) To join in the festivities of Shrovetide.
  2. (obsolete, by extension) To make merry.

References edit

shrove”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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