Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to reprieve
Participle: reprieved
Gerund: reprieving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | reprieve |
| you | reprieve |
| he;she;it | reprieves |
| we | reprieve |
| you | reprieve |
| they | reprieve |
Perfect
| I | have reprieved |
| you | have reprieved |
| he;she;it | has reprieved |
| we | have reprieved |
| you | have reprieved |
| they | have reprieved |
Past
| I | reprieved |
| you | reprieved |
| he;she;it | reprieved |
| we | reprieved |
| you | reprieved |
| they | reprieved |
Pluperfect
| I | had reprieved |
| you | had reprieved |
| he;she;it | had reprieved |
| we | had reprieved |
| you | had reprieved |
| they | had reprieved |
Future
| I | will reprieve |
| you | will reprieve |
| he;she;it | will reprieve |
| we | will reprieve |
| you | will reprieve |
| they | will reprieve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reprieved |
| you | will have reprieved |
| he;she;it | will have reprieved |
| we | will have reprieved |
| you | will have reprieved |
| they | will have reprieved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | reprieve |
| you | reprieve |
| he;she;it | reprieve |
| we | reprieve |
| you | reprieve |
| they | reprieve |
Perfect
| I | have reprieved |
| you | have reprieved |
| he;she;it | have reprieved |
| we | have reprieved |
| you | have reprieved |
| they | have reprieved |
Imperfect
| I | reprieved |
| you | reprieved |
| he;she;it | reprieved |
| we | reprieved |
| you | reprieved |
| they | reprieved |
Pluperfect
| I | had reprieved |
| you | had reprieved |
| he;she;it | had reprieved |
| we | had reprieved |
| you | had reprieved |
| they | had reprieved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would reprieve |
| you | would reprieve |
| he;she;it | would reprieve |
| we | would reprieve |
| you | would reprieve |
| they | would reprieve |
Perfect
| I | would have reprieved |
| you | would have reprieved |
| he;she;it | would have reprieved |
| we | would have reprieved |
| you | would have reprieved |
| they | would have reprieved |
Imperative
| you | reprieve |
| we | Let's reprieve |
| you | reprieve |
Verbs conjugated like 'reprieve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'reprieve'
repreve,
reprive,
retrieve,
deprive,
prieve,
relieve,
reprice,
reprime,
reprine,
reprise,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1571, "take back to prison," from M.E. repryen "to remand, detain" (1494), probably from M.Fr. repris, pp. of reprendre "take back" (see reprise). Meaning "to suspend an impending execution" is recorded from 1596. Sense evolved because being sent back to prison was the alternative to being executed. The noun is first attested 1598.
2. First use appears c. 1513 in the writings of Robert Fabyan. In the sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), possibly from Middle French repris, in the form of reprendre (“take back”); a cognate to reprise. The sense has become generalized, but does retain connotations of punishment and execution. The noun's first use appears c. 1592.
Sample Sentences
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Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience. [1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:]
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At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service. [1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 468:]