reprendre French · revision 17394

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=1119, Philippe de Thaon, Comput|origins=la prehendō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reprendre'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|reprendō|t=to hold back, check; to blame, censure]], the contracted form of [[m|la|reprehendō]], from [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|prehendō|t=to seize]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|10, 272b) For some of its senses, especially “to take again”, it is better seen as a French formation from [[re-]] and [[prendre]], whose meanings it followed.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Compare [[oc|reprendre]], [[es|reprender]] and [[it|riprendere]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in 1119 in Philippe de Thaon's ''Comput'', meaning “to correct”; about 1165 Benoît de Sainte-Maure uses it for “to blame”.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Latin sense “to censure” came first, and is kept in the literary ''reprendre quelqu'un''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The iterative “to take again” appears about 1140 (''Voyage de Charlemagne''), with ''reprendre son haleine'' (about 1200) and ''reprendre la parole'' (Jean de Meun, 1269–1278); ''reprendre un prisonnier'' “to recapture” dates from 1538.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) About 1155 it meant “to resume something interrupted”, and in 1170–1183 “to begin again” (a war); ''reprendre la route'' is from 1817.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

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+ Of a plant, ''reprendre'' “to take root again” is in Chrétien de Troyes (1176).^(TLFi) Other uses include taking back goods (1538), reviving a play (before 1778), ''on ne m'y reprendra plus'' (1835) and, recently, covering another artist's song.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary) The noun [[reprise]] dates from about 1200.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1119 – “To correct”, in Philippe de Thaon.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1140 – “To take again”, in the ''Voyage de Charlemagne''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1165 – “To blame”, in Benoît de Sainte-Maure.^(TLFi)

+ * 1176 – Of plants, “to take root again”, in Chrétien de Troyes.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1200 – ''Reprendre son haleine''; the noun ''reprise''.^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1538 – ''Reprendre un prisonnier''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1640 – “To go on speaking after a pause”, in Oudin.^(BHVF)

+ * 1835 – ''On ne m'y reprendra plus''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take again; to take back, [[m|en|recover]]: ''reprendre sa place'', ''reprendre son bien''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To take more of: ''reprendre du dessert''.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|recapture]]: ''reprendre une ville''.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To regain: ''reprendre courage'', ''reprendre connaissance'', ''reprendre son souffle''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To [[m|en|resume]], continue after an interruption: ''reprendre le travail''.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To start again; of business, to pick up; to go on speaking.^(Wiktionary)^(BHVF)

+ # To [[m|en|reprimand]], correct: ''reprendre un élève''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To alter (a garment); to repeat, take up (an idea); to cover (a song).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Se reprendre'': to correct oneself; to pull oneself together.^(Wiktionary)^(BHVF)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reprise]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prendre]]

+ * [[répréhensible]]

+ * [[répréhension]]

+ * [[repreneur]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}