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reprieve — [16] Reprieve originally meant ‘send back to prison’ (‘Of this treason he was found guilty, and reprieved in the Tower a long time’, Edmund Campion, History of Ireland 1571), but since this was often the alternative to execution, the word soon… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
reprieve — [16] Reprieve originally meant ‘send back to prison’ (‘Of this treason he was found guilty, and reprieved in the Tower a long time’, Edmund Campion, History of Ireland 1571), but since this was often the alternative to execution, the word soon… … Word origins
reprieve — I. transitive verb (reprieved; reprieving) Etymology: probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo French repri , past stem of reprendre to take back Date: 1596 1. to delay … New Collegiate Dictionary
representative — rep·re·sen·ta·tive 1 adj 1: serving to represent 2 a: standing or acting for another esp. through delegated authority an agent acting in a representative capacity b: of, based on, or constituting a government in which the people are represented… … Law dictionary
reprieve — [ri prēv′] vt. reprieved, reprieving [earlier repry < Anglo Fr repris < MFr, pp. of reprendre, to take back, prob. altered by assoc. with ME repreven,REPROVE] 1. to postpone the punishment of; esp., to postpone the execution of (a person… … English World dictionary
re|prieve — «rih PREEV», verb, prieved, priev|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to delay the punishment of (a person), especially the execution of (a person condemned to death): »At the last moment the governor reprieved the condemned prisoner for three weeks. 2. to give… … Useful english dictionary
