Morpheme
Prieve
Type
bound base
Denotation
seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch
Etymology
Middle English reprive, repryen; possibly from Middle French repris, from reprendre; Old French reprendre; Latin reprēndēr, from reprehendere, from re- + pre- + -hendere
Evidence
reprieval, reprieve, reprieved, reprieves, reprieving
Notes
<ie> from 1640s, perhaps on analogy of achieve
