CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHRIVEN
PRESENT
Present
I shriven
you shriven
he/she/it shrivens
we shriven
you shriven
they shriven
Present continuous
I am shrivening
you are shrivening
he/she/it is shrivening
we are shrivening
you are shrivening
they are shrivening
Present perfect
I have shrivened
you have shrivened
he/she/it has shrivened
we have shrivened
you have shrivened
they have shrivened
Present perfect continuous
I have been shrivening
you have been shrivening
he/she/it has been shrivening
we have been shrivening
you have been shrivening
they have been shrivening
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I shrivened
you shrivened
he/she/it shrivened
we shrivened
you shrivened
they shrivened
Past continuous
I was shrivening
you were shrivening
he/she/it was shrivening
we were shrivening
you were shrivening
they were shrivening
Past perfect
I had shrivened
you had shrivened
he/she/it had shrivened
we had shrivened
you had shrivened
they had shrivened
Past perfect continuous
I had been shrivening
you had been shrivening
he/she/it had been shrivening
we had been shrivening
you had been shrivening
they had been shrivening
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will shriven
you will shriven
he/she/it will shriven
we will shriven
you will shriven
they will shriven
Future continuous
I will be shrivening
you will be shrivening
he/she/it will be shrivening
we will be shrivening
you will be shrivening
they will be shrivening
Future perfect
I will have shrivened
you will have shrivened
he/she/it will have shrivened
we will have shrivened
you will have shrivened
they will have shrivened
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shrivening
you will have been shrivening
he/she/it will have been shrivening
we will have been shrivening
you will have been shrivening
they will have been shrivening
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would shriven
you would shriven
he/she/it would shriven
we would shriven
you would shriven
they would shriven
Conditional continuous
I would be shrivening
you would be shrivening
he/she/it would be shrivening
we would be shrivening
you would be shrivening
they would be shrivening
Conditional perfect
I would have shriven
you would have shriven
he/she/it would have shriven
we would have shriven
you would have shriven
they would have shriven
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shrivening
you would have been shrivening
he/she/it would have been shrivening
we would have been shrivening
you would have been shrivening
they would have been shrivening
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you shriven
we let´s shriven
you shriven
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
shrivened
Present Participle
shrivening
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHRIVEN»
Discover the use of
shriven in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shriven and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shriven selves; religious problems in recent American fiction
Includes studies of the works of Malamud, Styron, Updike, De Vries, and Powers.
2
English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past Past Perfect I
shrive have shriven shrove had shriven you shrive have shriven shrove had
shriven he/she/it shrives has shriven shrove had shriven we shrive have shriven
...
3
A complete concordance to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Vol. 13
I . PS 305 contricioun moste be continued, and that man have stedefast purpos to
shriven hym, and for to amenden hym of his lyf. I. PS 371 thanne is it covenable
to tellen specially of synnes whiche that many a man peraventure ne demeth ...
Akio Oizumi, Geoffrey Chaucer, 2003
4
Shakespeare Jest-books: Merie tales of Skelton. Jests of ...
How Scogin was shriven and hosted. Scogins sicknesse increased more and
more, and he sent for the Priest to be shriven and hosted. The Priest, comming to
him with the sacrament of the Altar, said : Master Scogin, here I have brought to ...
William Carew Hazlitt, 1864
5
Pastoral Care in Historical Perspective
Also the devil bringeth again into a man's mind that is in point of death specially
those sins that he hath done, and was not shriven of, to draw him thereby into
despair. But therefore should no man despair in no wise. For though any one
man or ...
William A. Clebsch, Charles R. Jaekle, 1994
6
Shakespeare Jest-Books; reprints of the early & very rare ...
How Scogin was shriven and hosted. Scogins sicknesse increased more and
more, and he sent for the Priest to be shriven and hosted. The Priest, comming to
him with the sacrament of the Altar, said : Master Scogin, here I have brought to ...
7
Shakespeare Jest-books: Merie tales of Skelton. Jests of ...
How Sagin was shriven and hosted. Mgr'n: sicknesse increased more and more,
and he sent for the Priest to be shriven and hosted. The Priest, comming to him
with the sacrament of the Altar, said : Master Scogin, here I have brought to you ...
William Carew Hazlitt, 1864
8
Studies in Clergy and Ministry in Medieval England: Purvis ...
... 'self-forgiveness' inevitably led to disappointment when they attended
confession: 'You confess your sins as they come to mind in time of confession
and nevertheless you do not believe yourself to be truly shriven, for you feel the
same biting ...
David Michael Smith, 1991
9
Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
A headshrinker was originally a head-hunter who preserved and shrank human
heads. shrive see SHRIFT shrivel see SHRINK shriven see SHRIFT shroud [OE]
Late Old English scrdd meant 'garment, clothing' and is from a Germanic source ...
10
Shelley and His Circle, 1773-1822
Shelley, The Esdaile Notebook ?i8o8-i8i5 [LEAF 85, VERSO] SCJ72 For they
had torn his Zeinab from her home Her innocent habits were all rudely shriven
And dragged to live in love's untimely tomb To prostitution, crime 6* woe was
driven ...
Kenneth Neill Cameron, 1970
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHRIVEN»
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