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shrieve

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ʃriːv/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(shrēv)

Inflections of 'shrieve' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

shrieves: v 3rd person singular

shrieving: v pres p

shrieved: v past

shrieved: v past p

shrieve¹ (shrēv),USA pronunciation n. [Archaic.]

Governmentsheriff.

shrieve² (shrēv),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., shrieved, shriev•ing. [Archaic.]

shrive.

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shrieve /ʃriːv/ n

an archaic word for sheriff

'shrieve' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

shrievalty - shrieval

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