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Reprived vs Reprieved - What's the difference?

reprived | reprieved |

As verbs the difference between reprived and reprieved

is that reprived is (reprive) while reprieved is (reprieve).

reprived

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reprive)

  • reprive

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (repriv)
  • (Howell)

    Etymology 2

    .

    Verb

    (repriv)
  • To take back or away.
  • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)

    reprieved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (reprieve)

  • reprieve

    English

    Verb

    (repriev)
  • To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
  • To bring relief to someone.
  • * South
  • Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
  • (obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
  • Derived terms

    * reprieval

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
  • A document authorizing such an action.
  • Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
  • References