repone
/rɪˈpəʊn/ /(ˌ)riːˈpəʊn/verb
1To restore (a person) to a position or office previously held, to reinstate; especially to restore (a deposed minister) to the ministry. Formerly also with †in, †to. Now historical.
2 [no object] Law. To restore to a former legal status; especially to restore (a person) to his or her right to defend a case, typically after a decree in absence has been granted. Frequently against a previous judgment. Formerly also with †to. Formerly also †without object. Usually in pass.
3 [with object] Scottish. To give as a reply; to answer. Also without object: to reply. rare after 17th cent.
- Now chiefly in representations of Scottish dialects..
Origin
Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin repōnere to put back, replace, to restore (abstract things), to restore (a person to a status or condition), to pay back, repay, to put down, to store away, to lay to rest, to place (in a class, category), to rest, make dependent (on), in post-classical Latin also to reply from re- + pōnere to put, place.