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▪ I. reprieve, n.|rɪˈpriːv|
Also 6–7 repreeue, 7 reprive, (7 repriefe, 9 reprief).
[f. the vb.]
1. The act of reprieving; the fact or favour of being reprieved.
1607Shakes. Cor. v. ii. 53 You are condemn'd, our Generall has sworne you out of repreeue and pardon. 1623–4Middleton & Rowley Span. Gipsy v. i, Promise me you'll get reprieve For the condemned man. 1671Milton Samson 288 So many dy'd Without Reprieve adjudg'd to death, For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth.
b. An instance of this; a formal suspension of the execution of a sentence upon a condemned person; a respite from a penalty imposed; a remission or commutation of a capital sentence.
1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 6, I haue grated vpon my good friends for three Repreeues For you, and your Coach⁓fellow Nim. 1603― Meas. for M. iv. ii. 140 His friends still wrought Repreeues for him. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 210 Like Princes had Prerogative to give Convicted Malefactors a Reprieve. a1721Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) I. 290 All we could give was but a poor reprieve, A hardship worse than death to minds resolv'd. 1789Constit. U.S. ii. §2 The president shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States. 1843Lever J. Hinton xxii, Like the felon, that feels there is no chance of a reprieve, I could look my fate more steadily in the face. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) I. vi. 231 A reprieve is granted at the last moment.
transf.1676D'Urfey Mme. Fickle v. ii, Tob. Methinks I cou'd beat this Drawer into a Wicker Bottle. Zech. Sirra, as a Reprieve for Life, bring out the Butt.
†c. The time during which one is reprieved.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. iv. 39 That in his Reprieue (Longer, or shorter) he may be so fitted That his soule sicken not.
2. A warrant granting or authorizing the suspension or remission of a capital sentence.
1602Life T. Cromwell v. v, Here is a kind reprieve come from the king To bring him straight unto his majesty. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iv. ii. 74, I hope it is some pardon, or repreeue For the most gentle Claudio. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. viii. §283 The very morning that Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent from the House of Peers to suspend his execution for three days. 1758Ann. Reg. i. 100/2 A reprieve was brought to Newgate for Dr. Hensey, respiting his sentence for a fortnight. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xix. II. 136 The second messenger entrusted with the reprieve, was detained by the eunuchs. 1820Byron Mar. Fal. i. i, The ducal table, cover'd o'er With..Despatches, judgments, acts, reprieves, reports. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 403/2 If the reprieve is sent by the secretary of state, it is under the sign manual of the king.
3. transf. Respite from a natural or violent death.
a1633Austin Medit. (1635) 276 Hee..was made an end of. And so must all men, be the time of their Reprieve never so long. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 II. 35 He liveth only by reprieve from that..sentence, the day thou sinnest thou shalt die. 1712Steele Spect. No. 498 ⁋2 If you would but bestow a little of your wholesome Advice upon our Coachmen, it might perhaps be a Reprieve to some of their Necks. 1784Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 20 Mar., God has in his mercy granted me a reprieve; for how much time his mercy must determine. 1816Scott Antiq. vii, The sense of reprieve from approaching and apparently inevitable death had its usual effect. 1870Bryant Iliad I. v. 161 With those who flee Is neither glory nor reprieve from death.
b. A respite, or temporary escape, from some trouble, calamity, etc.
1635Quarles Embl. iv. xiv. 3, I search'd the Shades of Sleep, to ease my day Of griping sorrowes with a nights repriefe. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. i. vi. §2 Perceiving his Countrey condemned by Gods Justice to Ruine, he could procure a Reprieve, though not prevail for the Pardon thereof. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ix. §1 (1734) 206 It is absolutely necessary..to gain a Reprieve from these Symptoms. 1782F. Burney Cecilia v. iv, Cecilia..contrived..to keep her maid in the room. Miss Belfield, supposing this to be accidental, rejoiced in her imaginary reprieve. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 133 The moth, for night's reprief, Waited safe and snug withal 'Neath the plantain's bowery leaf. 1851Gallenga Italy 381 The people..were only allowed a choice between the instant surrender of their rights, and a short reprieve, which entitled them to call themselves their own masters till the end of the war.
▪ II. reprieve, v.|rɪˈpriːv|
Forms: α. 5–6 repry, 6 reprie. β. 6–7 reprive. γ. 7 repre(e)ve, 7– reprieve.
[First in pa. pple. repryed, app. ad. AF. repris, pa. pple. of reprendre: see reprise v. 3. The insertion of the v and the later change of vowel are difficult to account for.]
†1. trans. To (take or) send back to prison; to remand; to detain on remand. Obs.
α1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 389 They were repryed, and sent vnto the Toure of London, where they remayned longe after. Ibid. 672 [They] were brought vnto Guyldehalle, and there areygned; but the sayd Turbyruyle was repryd to pryson. 1542–3Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII, c. 27 §84 The said Iustices.. maie reprie the prisoner, til they haue aduertised the Kinges maiestie of the matter. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lxxviii. 158 Whervpon they repryede me to prison cheynde. 1588Lambarde Eiren. iv. xiv. 563 Iustice Welsh thought it meete to reprie the prisoner, without giuing judgement upon him.
β1571Campion Hist. Irel. ii. ix. (1633) 116 Of this Treason he was found guilty, and reprived in the Towre a long time. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 952/2 His moonks garment was plucked from his backe, and he repriued [Hall repried], till the king were informed of his malicious obstinacie.
†b. To remit for trial. Obs. rare—1.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xxiv, The faughter..apealth to be repride, From London to Louane, there to be tride.
†2. To postpone, delay, put off. Obs. rare.
1548Eliot s.v. Amplio,..to deferre or delai a thyng in iugement, to repry. 1567R. Mulcaster Fortescue's De Laud. Leg. (1672) 128 It was in the Judges power to have reprived or respected the woman's arraignment till the end of the year. 1628Ford Lover's Mel. i. i, I repriev'd Th' intended execution with entreaties And interruption. 1630May Contin. Lucan vii. 533 Not one dayes absence can preuent, Nor scarce repriue my Fate. 1664K. Philips Death v, in Poems 233 Since we cannot Death reprieve, Our Souls and Fame we ought to mind, For they our Bodies will survive.
†3. To bring back, redeem. Obs. rare—1.
c1557Abp. Parker Ps. cxxvi. 375 What tyme the Lord shall backe repry Hard Sions thrall to death so nye [etc.].
4. To respite or rescue (a person) from impending punishment; spec. to suspend or delay the execution of (a condemned person).
β1596Spenser F.Q. iv. xii. 31, I humbly crave your Majestie It to replevie, and my sonne reprive. 1600Dekker Fortunatus Wks. 1873 I. 170 Untie their bands. Vice doth reprive you both, I set you free. 1655Clarke Papers (Camden) III. 38 Three executed at Salisbury, the rest reprived and pardoned.
fig.1648Crashaw Delights Muses Wks. (1904) 152 Those sweet Aires that often slew mee Shall revive mee Or reprive mee. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. vi. 115 Nature is reprived and continued by some degree of Grace.
γ1647C. Harvey Sch. of Heart xii. 24 Justice condemnes; let mercy, Lord, reprieve me. 1695Blackmore Pr. Arth. i. 451 Her Power can sentenc'd Criminals reprieve. 1749Fielding Tom Jones Wks. 1775 VII. 209 He who escapes from death is not pardoned, he is only reprieved, and reprieved to a short day. 1809Kendall Trav. I. 21 He may reprieve a condemned malefactor till the next meeting of the general assembly; but he can grant no pardon. 1892Zangwill Bow Mystery 180 ‘Pending further inquiries into this’, said the Home Secretary,..‘I have reprieved the prisoner’.
fig.1648Boyle Seraphic Love Wks. (1744) I. 163/2 Her afflictions torment him, whilst his own reprieve him. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iv. ii. 174 Let her Memory therefore be reprieved till the day of Judgement.
b. Const. from the penalty, punishment, etc.
β1592Nashe Four Lett. Confut. D, Maister Birdes Letter shall not repriue you from the ladder. 1632Brome North. Lasse ii. iv, Then Sir for this time you shall be repriv'd, From further penance.
absol.1674Brevint Saul at Endor 229 No Indulgence can reprive from any Punishments that we can see.
γ1601Shakes. All's Well iii. iv. 30 He cannot thriue, Vnlesse her prayers..repreeue him from the wrath Of greatest Iustice. c1660South Serm. (1715) I. 31 Company, though it may reprieve a Man from his Melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his Conscience. 1717Pope Iliad x. 236 When night descending, from his vengeful hand Reprieved the relics of the Grecian band. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 238 Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall.
†5. To pardon, forgive. Obs. rare—1.
1629Shirley Wedding i. iii, I hope your worship will reprieve my boldness; tis out of love to your daughter.
Hence reˈprieved ppl. a., reˈprieving vbl. n.
1633P. Fletcher Elisa ii. x, Teares are most due, when there is no reprieving. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 111 To enclose him in a Pyx like a reprieved prisoner. 1758Ann. Reg. i. 81/2 The reprieved were turned over to the Grafton and Sunderland. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxi. 457 A fortnight after the return of the reprieved prisoners to the Tower of London.
▪ III. reprieve
obs. form of reproof, reprove. |