Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-PRIEVE, v.t. [I know not the origin of this word, unless it is the French reprendre, repris. In Norm. repriont is rendered reprieved deductions, and reprises, deductions and duties yearly paid out of lands.]

1. To respit after sentence of death; to suspend or delay the execution of for a time; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinner from time to time. – Rogers.
2. To grant a respit to; to relieve for a time from any suffering. Company, though it may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet can not secure a man from his conscience. – South.