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Definition of Repriefe
1. n. Repreve.
Definition of Repriefe
1. Noun. (obsolete form of reprieve) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repriefe
1. reproach [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repriefe
Literary usage of Repriefe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... thrust, ne for indigence, >"t all thing ready was тп»о hir presence : And in
a prince it is fui great repriefe, To suffer his people line at mischiefe, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"... lore had launched with his deadly dart« ; With wounding word«, and termes of
foule repriefe, H« pluckt from ui all hope of dew ..."
3. Mirror for magistrates: in five parts by William Baldwin, John Higgins, Richard Niccols (1815)
"... of quorum alwaye chiefe :* So that to whether syde soeuer wee did way, Were
it by right or wrong, it past, without repriefe: The true man wee let hang' ..."
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