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