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Definition of Shrieved
1. shrieve [v] - See also: shrieve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrieved
Literary usage of Shrieved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"... the city was shrieved of its impurity. " When Mayor meet« Mayor, then comes
the tug of turtle ; " and trente-deux potage» opened the ..."
2. Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a by Charles Swan (1824)
"In the morning, the queen with great humility was shrieved of all her sins—that
one excepted. After she had uttered as much as she chose, the confessor said ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"He seeks a secret pass, and " murders" there His master—basely " murders"—shrieks,
and flies ; Is taken—tried—convicted—shrieved—and dies ! ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1821)
"... to bring out the principal character, wounded, between the curtain and the
orchestra, to talk, die, and be shrieved, for three quarters of an hour ! ..."
5. Monthly Review (1821)
"... to bring out the principal character, wounded, between the curtain and the
orchestra, to talk, die, and be shrieved, for three quarters of an hour ! ..."
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