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RESPITED
Verb
respited
simple past tense and past participle of respite
Anagrams
• Depriest, derpiest, destripe, priested
Source: Wiktionary
RESPITE
Res"pite (rs"pt), n. Etym: [OF. respit, F. répit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring of a day. See Respect.]
1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. I crave but four day's respite. Shak.
2. Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer. Some pause and respite only I require. Denham.
3. (Law) (a) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve. (b) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
Syn.
– Pause; interval; stop; cessation; delay; postponement; stay; reprieve.
Res"pite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting.] Etym: [OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n.]
Definition: To give or grant a respite to. Specifically: (a) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b) To keep back from execution; to reprieve. Forty days longer we do respite you. Shak.
(c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite his day labor with repast." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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