Shrieve

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shrieve \Shrieve\, n. [Contr. from OE. shereve. See {Sheriff}.]
     A sheriff. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Shrieve \Shrieve\, v. t.
     To shrive; to question. [Obs.] "She gan him soft to shrieve."
     --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]