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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