shrove /ʃɹəʊv/ verb2 •(no longer used) To join in the festivities of Shrovetide. •(no longer used) To make merry.Servant, your counsel's excellent good, And shall be follow'd, 'twill be rarely strange To see him stated thus, as though he went A shroving through the City — 1626 formsshroved · shroving · shroves