Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
reprieve and reprove.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To take back or away.
- transitive verb obsolete To reprieve.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Obsolete form of
reprieve .
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Examples
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We aren't expecting a reprive from the governator or anything anytime soon.
The Sudden Curve: 2005
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We aren't expecting a reprive from the governator or anything anytime soon.
It's A Perfect Pick for a Midweek, Drunk-Blogging, Pop Music-Fest 2005
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Oh exciting … Dissappointed that Katie Holmes didn't reprive her role … I hate it when they switch actors like that … but I like Maggie Gyllenhal so hopefully I won't notice too much ..
Must Watch: Second Full Trailer for The Dark Knight! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The dish is served as a refreshing reprive from the heat and humidity of Japan's summers, which average 86 degrees Fahrenheit in Tokyo.
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Of course now Sheryl Crow has decreed that forty is the new thirty, so I have some reprive.
I'm too young to be this old Holly 2007
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There can be no reprive, there can be no forgiveness, there can be no time in the future when ABC will be let back into the fold of humanity.
Think Progress » ABC’s 9/11 Docudrama Mangles Facts, Smears Washington Post 2006
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Air Force got a reprive when Setta missed a 36-yard field goal early in the final period, but the Falcons could not get into
NCAA Division I College Football - Notre Dame vs. Air Force 2002
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Air Force got a reprive when Setta missed a 36-yard field goal early in the final period, but the Falcons could not get into
NCAA Division I College Football - Notre Dame vs. Air Force 2002
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But cooking is my main reprive from whatever life throws at me, and I had forgotten the years of substitutions and alterations to recipes that once were second nature and necessary, in my home town.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2002
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Erkinoald, and through his prayers obtained the reprive of six criminals.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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