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re⋅prieve
[ri-preev] 
verb, -prieved, -priev⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person). |
| 2. | to relieve temporarily from any evil. |
–noun
| 3. | a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death. |
| 4. | a warrant authorizing this. |
| 5. | any respite or temporary relief. |
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| re·prieve (rĭ-prēv') tr.v. re·prieved, re·priev·ing, re·prieves
[Alteration (influenced by Middle English repreven, to contradict, variant of reproven, to rebuke) of Middle English reprien, probably from Old French repris, past participle of reprendre, to take back, from Latin reprehendere, reprēndere, to hold back; see reprehend.] re·priev'a·ble adj. |
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Reprieve
Re*prieve\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprieved (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.] [OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. r['e]prouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See Prove, and cf. Reprove, Reprobate.]1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. --Rogers. 2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily. Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience. --South.Reprieve
Re*prieve"\ (r?-pr?v"), n. 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. --Clarendon. 2. Interval of ease or relief; respite. All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. --Denham.
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Language Translation for : reprieve
Spanish:
indultar, suspender la pena,
German:
begnadigen,
Japanese:
執行を延期する
reprieve (v.)
1571, "take back to prison," from M.E. repryen "to remand, detain" (1494), probably from M.Fr. repris, pp. of reprendre "take back" (see reprise). Meaning "to suspend an impending execution" is recorded from 1596. Sense evolved because being sent back to prison was the alternative to being executed. The noun is first attested 1598.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·prieve
Pronunciation: ri-'prEv
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·prieved; re·priev·ing
Etymology: alteration of earlier repry to send back (to prison), return to custody, perhaps from Anglo-French repris, past participle of reprendre to take back, from Old French
: to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner)
Main Entry: reprieve
Function: noun
1 a : the act of reprieving : the state of being reprieved b : a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence esp. of death as an act of clemency
2 : an order or warrant of reprieve
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