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Webster 1913 Edition
Reprive
Re-prive′
(r?-pr?v′)
, Verb.
T.
[Pref.
re-
+ L. privare
to deprive.] To take back or away.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Re-prive′
,Verb.
T.
To reprieve.
[Obs.]
Howell.
Definition 2024
reprive
reprive
English
Verb
reprive (third-person singular simple present reprives, present participle repriving, simple past and past participle reprived)
- Obsolete form of reprieve.
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Etymology 2
re- + Latin privare (“to deprive”).
Verb
reprive (third-person singular simple present reprives, present participle repriving, simple past and past participle reprived)
- To take back or away.
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