Respited

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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               Forty days longer we do respite you. --Shak.
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     (c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite
         his day labor with repast." --Milton.
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