2. Verb. (third-person singular of shrieve) ¹
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Definition of Shrieves
1. shrieve [v] - See also: shrieve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrieves
Literary usage of Shrieves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... cillors and shrieves, and of which they made the same use ; a? shall be
remembered in its proper place. 73 *. The two armies were necessarily to be ..."
2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"And of this disadvantage the season of the year put them in mind: for the King
now, according to course, pricked shrieves, and made such choice in all ..."
3. Cincinnati in 1841: Its Early Annals and Future Prospects by Charles Cist (1841)
"Colonel shrieves has returned from Mississipi, and makes no very favorable report
of colonel Morgan's conduct or country; which, ..."
4. The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1904)
"Mr. shrieves said, " You are now listening to the word of God—-you do not know
if you ... Mr. shrieves, and the members of the Church, for permission to ..."
5. Pioneer Period and Pioneer People of Fairfield County, Ohio by Charles Milton Lewis Wiseman (1901)
"Cynthia Ann married John shrieves, a native of Rhode Island. ... John shrieves
lives in Franklin County, Ohio. Mrs. shrieves is still living in this city at ..."
6. Supplement of the Revised Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1902 by Massachusetts, John H. Peck (1907)
"shrieves. 188 Mass. 70. Dissolution of attachment. This provision applies only
to a valid mortgage. Fletcher v. Wrighton, 184 Mass. 547. ..."
7. Lineage Book by Daughters of the American Revolution (1900)
"Miss EMMA WILLARD shrieves. 11993 Born in Ohio. Descendant of Nathaniel Barnett,
... Daughter of William Randolph shrieves and Esther Ann Barnett, his wife. ..."
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