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reprieved

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.




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