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REPRIE'VE, v.t. [I know not the origin of this word.]

1. To respit after sentence of death; to suspend or delay the execution of for a time; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

He reprieves the sinner from time to time.

2. To grant a respit to; to relieve for a time for any suffering.

Company, though it may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet cannot secure a man from his conscience.

REPRIE'VE, n.

1. The temporary suspension of the execution of sentence of death on a criminal.

2. Respit; interval of ease or relief.

All that I ask is but a short reprieve, till I forgot to love, and learn to grieve.


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REPRIE'VE, v.t. [I know not the origin of this word.]

1. To respit after sentence of death; to suspend or delay the execution of for a time; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

He reprieves the sinner from time to time.

2. To grant a respit to; to relieve for a time for any suffering.

Company, though it may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet cannot secure a man from his conscience.

REPRIE'VE, n.

1. The temporary suspension of the execution of sentence of death on a criminal.

2. Respit; interval of ease or relief.

All that I ask is but a short reprieve, till I forgot to love, and learn to grieve.

RE-PRIEVE, n.

  1. The temporary suspension of the execution of sentence of death on a criminal. – Clarendon.
  2. Respit; interval of ease or relief. All that I ask is but a short reprieve, / Till I forget to love, and learn to grieve. – Denham.

RE-PRIEVE, v.t. [I know not the origin of this word, unless it is the French reprendre, repris. In Norm. repriont is rendered reprieved deductions, and reprises, deductions and duties yearly paid out of lands.]

  1. To respit after sentence of death; to suspend or delay the execution of for a time; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinner from time to time. – Rogers.
  2. To grant a respit to; to relieve for a time from any suffering. Company, though it may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet can not secure a man from his conscience. – South.

Re*prieve
  1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

    He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. Rogers.

  2. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.

    The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.

  3. To relieve for a time, or temporarily.

    Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience. South.

  4. Interval of ease or relief; respite.

    All that I ask is but a short reprieve,
    ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve.     Denham.

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Reprieve

REPRIE'VE, verb transitive [I know not the origin of this word.]

1. To respit after sentence of death; to suspend or delay the execution of for a time; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

He reprieves the sinner from time to time.

2. To grant a respit to; to relieve for a time for any suffering.

Company, though it may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet cannot secure a man from his conscience.

REPRIE'VE, noun

1. The temporary suspension of the execution of sentence of death on a criminal.

2. Respit; interval of ease or relief.

All that I ask is but a short reprieve till I forgot to love, and learn to grieve.

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1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

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Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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