Reprived vs Reprieved - What's the difference?
reprived | reprieved |
(reprive)
(reprieve)
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
To bring relief to someone.
* South
(obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
A document authorizing such an action.
Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
As verbs the difference between reprived and reprieved
is that reprived is (reprive) while reprieved is (reprieve).reprived
English
Verb
(head)reprive
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Etymology 1
Verb
(repriv)- (Howell)
Etymology 2
.reprieved
English
Verb
(head)reprieve
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Verb
(repriev)- Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.