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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Respite \Res"pite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Respited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Respiting}.] [OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See {Respite}, n.] 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. [bd]To respite his day labor with repast.[b8] --Milton. | |
