probably blend of obsolete ''repreve'' to reprove (from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]) and obsolete ''repry'' to remand, postpone, from Anglo-French ''repri''-, past stem of ''reprendre'' to take back | probably blend of obsolete ''repreve'' to reprove (from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]) and obsolete ''repry'' to remand, postpone, from Anglo-French ''repri''-, past stem of ''reprendre'' to take back |