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repreve
Middle English
Noun
repreve
- reproof
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
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reprieve
English
Alternative forms
- repryve (obsolete), reprive (rare)
Etymology
1571, in sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), probably from Middle French repris, form of reprendre (“take back”); cognate to reprise. Sense generalized, but retains connotations of punishment and execution. Noun attested 1598. Compare to Latin privare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p?i?v/
- Hyphenation: re?prieve
Verb
reprieve (third-person singular simple present reprieves, present participle reprieving, simple past and past participle reprieved)
- (transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
- (transitive) To bring relief to someone.
- Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
- (transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
Derived terms
- reprieval
Related terms
- reprise
- reprisal
- reprehend
Noun
reprieve (plural reprieves)
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
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