Synonym: confess
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ʃɹaɪ̯v/ |
| Hyphenation | shrive |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) shrive | (I) shrove, shrived |
| (thou) shrivest | (thou) shrovest, shrivedst |
| (he) shrives, shriveth | (he) shrove, shrived |
| (we) shrive | (we) shrove, shrived |
| (you) shrive | (you) shrove, shrived |
| (they) shrive | (they) shrove, shrived |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) shrive | (I) shrove, shrived |
| (thou) shrive | (thou) shrove, shrived |
| (he) shrive | (he) shrove, shrived |
| (we) shrive | (we) shrove, shrived |
| (you) shrive | (you) shrove, shrived |
| (they) shrive | (they) shrove, shrived |
| Imperative mood | |
| shrive | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| shriving | shriven, shrived |
| Afrikaans | bieg |
|---|---|
| Dutch | biechten |
| Esperanto | konfesi |
| German | beichten |