Main 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) 2 : to give relief or deliverance to for a time