repoint (v.) Look up repoint at Dictionary.com
1849, from re- "again" + point (v.). Related: Repointed; repointing.
report (n.) Look up report at Dictionary.com
late 14c., "an account brought by one person to another, rumor," from Old French report (Modern French rapport), from reporter "to tell, relate," from Latin reportare "carry back," from re- "back" (see re-) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)).

Meaning "formal statement of results of an investigation" first attested 1660s; sense of "teacher's official statement of a pupil's work and behavior" is from 1873 (report card first attested 1929). Meaning "resounding noise" is from 1580s.
report (v.) Look up report at Dictionary.com
late 14c., "to make known, tell, relate," from Old French reporter, from report (see report (n.)). Early 15c. as "to submit" (to an authority, etc.). Related: Reported; reporting.
reportage (n.) Look up reportage at Dictionary.com
"the describing of events," 1891; see report + -age.
reported (adj.) Look up reported at Dictionary.com
1812, past participle adjective from report (v.). Related: Reportedly.
reporter (n.) Look up reporter at Dictionary.com
late 14c.; see report (v.). In the newspaper sense, from 1798.
reportorial (adj.) Look up reportorial at Dictionary.com
irregular formation, first recorded 1858, from reporter + -ial.
repose (v.1) Look up repose at Dictionary.com
"lie at rest," late 15c., from Middle French reposer, from Old French repauser (10c.), from Late Latin repausare "cause to rest," from Latin re-, here probably an intensive prefix, + Late Latin pausare "to stop" (see pause). Related: Reposed; reposing.
repose (v.2) Look up repose at Dictionary.com
"put, place," early 15c., from Latin repos-, stem of reponere "put back, put away," from re- "back, away" (see re-) + ponere "to put, place" (see position). Or perhaps formed in Middle English from Old French poser, on model of disposen "dispose."
repose (n.) Look up repose at Dictionary.com
"rest," c.1500; see repose (v.1).
reposeful (adj.) Look up reposeful at Dictionary.com
1852, "full of repose," from repose (n.) + -ful. Earlier it meant "responsible" (1620s), from repose (v.2).
reposition (n.) Look up reposition at Dictionary.com
1580s, from Late Latin repositionem (nominative repositio), from Latin repositus, past participle of reponere (see repose (v.2)).
reposition (v.) Look up reposition at Dictionary.com
1859, from re- "again" + position (v.). Related: Repositioned; repositioning.
repository (n.) Look up repository at Dictionary.com
late 15c., "vessel, etc., for storage," from Late Latin repositorium "store," in classical Latin, "a stand on which food is placed," from reposit-, past participle stem of reponere "put away, store" (see repose (v.2)). Figurative use is recorded from 1640s.
repossess (v.) Look up repossess at Dictionary.com
late 15c., "to reoccupy;" see re- "back, again" + possess. Meaning "take back from a purchaser who defaults on payments" first recorded 1933. Related: Repossessed; repossessing.
repost (v.) Look up repost at Dictionary.com
1963, with reference to letters, from re- + post (v.3). Related: Reposted; reposting.
repot (v.) Look up repot at Dictionary.com
1845, from re- + pot (v.). Related: Repotted; repotting.
repour (v.) Look up repour at Dictionary.com
c.1600, from re- + pour (v.). Related: Repoured; repouring.
repousse (adj.) Look up repousse at Dictionary.com
in reference to a type of decorative pattern, 1852, from French repoussé, past participle of repousser, from re- (see re-) + pousser (see push).
reprehend (v.) Look up reprehend at Dictionary.com
mid-14c., from Latin reprehendere "seize, restrain," literally "pull back," from re- "back" + prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile).
reprehensible (adj.) Look up reprehensible at Dictionary.com
late 14c., from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from reprehens-, past participle stem of reprehendere (see reprehend).
reprehension (n.) Look up reprehension at Dictionary.com
late 14c., from Latin reprehensionem, noun of action from past participle stem of reprehendere (see reprehend).
reprehensive (adj.) Look up reprehensive at Dictionary.com
1580s, from reprehend perhaps on model of comprehensive.
represent (v.) Look up represent at Dictionary.com
late 14c., "to bring to mind by description," also "to symbolize, to be the embodiment of;" from Old French representer (12c.), from Latin repraesentare, from re-, intensive prefix, + praesentare "to present," literally "to place before" (see present (v.)). Legislative sense is attested from 1650s. Related: Represented; representing.
representation (n.) Look up representation at Dictionary.com
early 15c., "image, likeness," from represent + -ation. Legislative sense first attested 1769.
representational (adj.) Look up representational at Dictionary.com
1855, from representation + -al (1). Specifically of visual arts from 1923.
representative (adj.) Look up representative at Dictionary.com
"serving to represent," late 14c., from Old French representatif (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin repræsentativus, from Latin repræsentare (see represent), Meaning "standing for others" is from 1620s; in the political sense of "holding the place of the people in the government, having citizens represented by chosen persons" is first recorded 1620s. Noun use first recorded 1640s; first used 1690s in noun sense of "member of a legislative body."
repress (v.) Look up repress at Dictionary.com
late 14c., "to check, restrain," from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere "hold back, check," from re- "back" + premere "to push" (see press (v.1)). Used of feelings or desires from late 14c.; in the purely psychological sense, it represents German verdrängen (Freud, 1893), first attested 1904 (implied in repressed). Meaning "to put down" (a rebellion, etc.) is from late 15c. Related: Repressed; repressing.
repression (n.) Look up repression at Dictionary.com
late 14c., noun of action from repress (v.). Psychological sense is from 1908; biochemical sense is from 1957.
repressive (adj.) Look up repressive at Dictionary.com
1590s; see repress + -ive.
reprieve (v.) Look up reprieve at Dictionary.com
1570s, "take back to prison," from Middle English repryen "to remand, detain" (late 15c.), probably from Middle French repris, past participle of reprendre "take back" (see reprise). Meaning "to suspend an impending execution" is recorded from 1590s. Sense evolved because being sent back to prison was the alternative to being executed. The noun is first attested 1590s.
reprimand (n.) Look up reprimand at Dictionary.com
1630s, from French réprimande, from Middle French reprimende "reproof," from Latin reprimenda "that is to be repressed" (as in reprimenda culpa "fault to be checked"), fem. singular of reprimendus, gerundive of reprimere "reprove" (see repress). Spelling influenced in French by mander "to summon." The verb is first recorded 1680s. Related: Reprimanded; reprimanding.
reprint Look up reprint at Dictionary.com
1550s (v.), 1610s (n.), from re- "back, again" + print (v.). Related: Reprinted; reprinting.
reprisal (n.) Look up reprisal at Dictionary.com
early 15c., "seizing property or citizens of another nation in retaliation for loss inflicted on one's own," from Anglo-French reprisaille (mid-14c.), from Old French reprisaille, from early Italian ripresaglia, from ripreso, past participle of riprendere "take back," from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend). General sense of "retaliation" is from 1710.
reprise (n.) Look up reprise at Dictionary.com
early 15c., "yearly deduction from charges upon a manor or estate," from Old French reprise "act of taking back," fem. of repris, past participle of reprendre "take back," from Latin reprendere (see reprisal). Meaning "resumption of an action" is from 1680s. Musical sense is from 1879. The verb is attested from mid-15c.
repro Look up repro at Dictionary.com
1946 as a shortening of reproduction.
reproach (n.) Look up reproach at Dictionary.com
mid-14c., "a rebuke, a reproach;" also "object of scorn or contempt;" c.1400, as "disgrace, state of disgrace," from Old French reproche (12c.), from reprocher "to blame, bring up against," said by some French etymologists to be from Vulgar Latin *repropiare, from Latin re- "opposite of" + prope "near" (see propinquity). But others suggest *reprobicare, from Latin reprobus/reprobare (see reprobate).
reproach (v.) Look up reproach at Dictionary.com
mid-14c., reprochen "to rebuke, reproach," from Old French reprochier, Anglo-French repruchier, from reproche (see reproach (n.)). Related: Reproached; reproaching.
reproachful (adj.) Look up reproachful at Dictionary.com
1540s, from reproach + -ful. Related: Reproachfully.
reprobate (adj.) Look up reprobate at Dictionary.com
1540s, "rejected as worthless," from Late Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn," from Latin re- "opposite of, reversal of previous condition" + probare "prove to be worthy" (see probate). The noun is recorded from 1540s, "one rejected by God." Sense of "abandoned or unprincipled person" is from 1590s. Earliest form of the word in English was a verb, meaning "to disapprove" (early 15c.).
reprobation (n.) Look up reprobation at Dictionary.com
mid-15c., from Late Latin reprobationem, noun of action from reprobare (see reprobate).
reprocess (v.) Look up reprocess at Dictionary.com
1939, from re- "back, again" + process (v.). Related: Reprocessed; reprocessing.
reproduce (v.) Look up reproduce at Dictionary.com
1610s, "to produce again;" see re- "again" + produce (v.), probably on model of French reproduire (16c.). Sense of "make a copy" is first recorded 1850; that of "produce offspring" is from 1894. Related: Reproduced; reproducing.
reproduction (n.) Look up reproduction at Dictionary.com
1650s, "act of forming again;" see re- + production. Of generation of living things, from 1782; of sounds, from 1908. Meaning "a copy" is from 1807.
reproductive (adj.) Look up reproductive at Dictionary.com
1753; see reproduce + -ive.
reprogram (v.) Look up reprogram at Dictionary.com
1963 (implied in reprogramming), from re- "back, again" + program (v.). Related: Reprogrammed; reprogramming.
reproof (n.) Look up reproof at Dictionary.com
c.1300, "shame, disgrace," from Old French reprove, from reprover "to blame" (see reprove). Meaning "censure, rebuke" is recorded from mid-14c.
reprove (v.) Look up reprove at Dictionary.com
c.1300, from Old French reprover, from Late Latin reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn" (see reprobate). Related: Reproved; reproving.
reptile (n.) Look up reptile at Dictionary.com
late 14c., from Old French reptile (early 14c.), from Late Latin reptile, neuter of reptilis (adj.) "creping, crawling," from rept-, past participle stem of repere "to crawl, creep," from PIE root *rep- "to creep, crawl" (cf. Lithuanian replioju "to creep"). Used of persons of low character from 1749.
Reptilia (n.) Look up Reptilia at Dictionary.com
mid-17c., from Latin plural of reptile (see reptile).