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reprieveMain Entry: 1re·prieve Pronunciation: \ri-ˈprēv\ Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): re·prieved; re·priev·ing 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 the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner)
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