shrove

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/ʃɹəʊv/

verb

To join in the festivities of Shrovetide.

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Meanings

verb
  1. pastsimple past of shrive
verbshrove (third-person singular simple present shroves, present participle shroving, simple past and past participle shroved)

present singular third person shroves · participle present shroving · participle past shroved · past shroved

  1. obsoleteTo join in the festivities of Shrovetide.
  2. broadlyobsoleteTo make merry.

    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

    1626 February 13 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shrove

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Anagrams

shover
Cite this entry
APA

shrove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrove

MLA

“shrove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrove. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shrove,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrove.

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