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respited


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Respite  \Res"pite\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Respited};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Respiting}.]  [OF.  respiter,  LL  respectare  See 
  {Respite},  n.] 
  To  give  or  grant  a  respite  to  Specifically: 
  a  To  delay  or  postpone;  to  put  off 
  b  To  keep  back  from  execution;  to  reprieve. 
 
  Forty  days  longer  we  do  respite  you  --Shak. 
  c  To  relieve  by  a  pause  or  interval  of  rest.  ``To  respite 
  his  day  labor  with  repast.''  --Milton. 




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