Emily Dickinson Lexicon

repreive, n. [see reprieve, n.]

representative, adj. [Fr. représentatif or L. re- + præsentāre, to present.]

To represent, to portray, to figure or to symbolize.

repress (-ed), v. [L. re- + pressāre, to press.]

To check; to restrain or hold back; to quell.

reprieve (repreive), n. [see reprieve, v.] (webplay: days, death, live, sentence, time).

1. Respite; relief; discontinuance of an unpleasant experience.
2. Comfort; alleviation; assistance; ease from some discomfort; removal or lessening of some cause of distress; deliverance from what is burdensome.
3. Deliverance from a death sentence, often temporary.

reprieve (-s), v. [Fr. re- + prendre, take.] (webplay: death).

Give relief from to for a time; delay the execution of.

reprieving, verbal adj. [see reprieve, v.]

Comforting; delivering; giving relief from discomfort.

reprimand, v. [Fr. réprimer, repress, reprove.]

To reprove severely; to chide; to censure for a fault.

reproduce (-d), v. [L. re-, again + prō, forward + dūcere, lead.]

Copy; replicate; create a more or less exact image of; [fig.] paint; draw; render artistically.

republic, n. [Fr. république or L. rēs, thing + publicus, public.]

A community of persons or animals, etc. in which there is a certain equity among members.

repudiate (-s), v. [L. repudiāre, divorce, reject.]

Cast away, reject, discard.