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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To take part in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, in general, to make merry.
  • Preterit of shrive.
  • noun Shrift; shriving: used only in composition, or in such phrases as Shrove Tuesday. See shrift and shriving.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.
  • imp. of shrive.
  • Quinguagesima Sunday.
  • the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday.

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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