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r.s. shriver, jr.
Shri·ver
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ˈʃraɪ
vər
/
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shrahy
-ver
]
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noun
(Robert) Sar·gent, Jr
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ˈsɑr
dʒənt
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sahr
-j
uh
nt
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,
born 1915,
U.S. businessman and government official: first director of the U.S.
peace
Corps, 1961–66.
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shrive
(ʃraɪv)
—
vb
,
shrives
,
shriving
,
shrove
,
shrived
,
shriven
,
shrived
1.
to hear the confession of (a penitent)
2.
(
tr
) to impose a penance upon (a penitent) and grant him sacramental absolution
3.
(
intr
) to confess one's sins to a priest in order to obtain sacramental forgiveness
[Old English
scrīfan,
from Latin
scrībere
to write]
'shriver
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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