replevy

English

Etymology

Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (probably from a Germanic source which also gave pledge).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈplɛvi/
• Rhymes: -ɛvi

Verb

replevy (third-person singular simple present replevies, present participle replevying, simple past and past participle replevied)

1. To return goods to their rightful owner by replevin; to recover goods.
2. (obsolete, British, law) To bail.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     I humbly crave your Majestie / It to replevie , and my Sonne reprive

Translations

to return goods to their rightful owner by replevin

• Spanish: reivindicar (es)

Noun

replevy

1. replevin