Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shrieve

/ʃɹiːv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: shrieve
IPA: /ʃɹiːv/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of sheriff.

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete form of shrive.

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Please it your Majesty, here is the shrieve of Northamptonshire, with certain persons that of late committed a riot, and have appealed to your Majesty beseeching your Highness for special cause to hear them."
"I know him: he was a botcher's 'prentice in Paris, from whence he was whipped for getting the shrieve's fool with child: a dumb innocent that could not say him nay."
"[…]he ordered [father Jerome] to be called and shrieve the prisoner."
"He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away The Albatross's blood."
"The jealous churl hath deeply swore, That, if again he venture o’er, He shall shrieve penitent no more."
"But afterwards she gan him soft to shrieve, And wooe with fair intreatie, to disclose Which of the nymphes his heart so sore did mieve:"

Etymology

See sheriff.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

shrieves (plural) shrieves (present, singular) shrieving (participle, present) shrieved (past) shrieved (participle, past) shriven (participle, past)

Frequently Paired Words

shrieval shrievalty

Rhymes With

believe leave we've french leave take french leave receive steve achieve eve breathe sleeve relieve

Questions

How do you pronounce shrieve?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɹiːv/.
What does shrieve mean?: Obsolete form of sheriff.
Where does shrieve come from?: See sheriff.

How to pronounce shrieve

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “shrieve”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ʃɹiːv/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “shrieve”.
Repeat and practice — Say “shrieve” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.