2. Interval of ease or relief; respite.

All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and

learn to grieve.

Denham.

Rep"ri*mand (r?p"r?-m?nd), n. [F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus,

reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to

check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf.

Repress.] Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of

him.

Macaulay.

Rep"ri*mand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n.

Reprimanding.] [Cf. F. réprimander. See Reprimand, n.] 1. To reprove

severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into

Egypt without his permission.

Arbuthnot.

2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as,

the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Syn. -- To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See

Reprove.

Rep"ri*mand`er (-m?nd`?r), n. One who reprimands.

Re*prim"er (r?-pr?m"?r), n. (Firearms) A machine or implement for

applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be

used again.

Re*print" (r?-pr?nt"), v. t. 1. To print again; to print a second or a

new edition of.

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