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report (v.)[report 词源字典]: late 14c., "to make known, tell, relate," from Old French reporter "to tell, relate; bring back, carry away, hand over," from Latin reportare "carry back, bear back, bring back," figuratively "report," in Medieval Latin "write (an account) for information or record," from re- "back" (see re-) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Early 15c. as "to submit" (to an authority, etc.). Meaning "to name someone as having offended somehow" is from 1885. Related: Reported; reporting. [report etymology, report origin, 英语词源]
reportable (adj.): 1858, "worthy," from report (v.) + -able. Of accidents, etc., 1942. Related: Reportably.
reportage (n.): "the describing of events," 1877; see report (v.) + -age. From 1881 as a French word in English.
reported (adj.): "according to report," 1812, past participle adjective from report (v.). Related: Reportedly.
reporter (n.): late 14c., reportour, "one who gives an account," agent noun from report (v.), or from Old French reporteur (Modern French rapporteur). In the newspaper sense, from 1798. French reporter in this sense is a 19c. borrowing from English.
reportorial (adj.): irregular formation, 1852, American English, from Latinized form of reporter + -ial.
repose (v.1): "lie at rest," mid-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 (see re-), + Late Latin pausare "to stop" (see pause (v.)). Related: Reposed; reposing.
repose (v.2): "put, place," mid-15c., from Latin repos-, stem of reponere "put back, set back, replace, restore; put away, lay out, stretch out," from re- "back, away" (see re-) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Or perhaps [Klein] formed in Middle English from Old French poser, on model of disposen "dispose."
repose (n.): "rest," c. 1500, from Middle French repos (11c.), back-formation from reposer (see repose (v.1)).
reposeful (adj.): 1852, "full of repose," from repose (n.) + -ful. Earlier it meant "responsible" (1620s), from repose (v.2).
reposition (n.): 1580s, "act of replacing," from Late Latin repositionem (nominative repositio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reponere (see repose (v.2)). Meaning "act of laying up in safety" is from 1610s.
reposition (v.): also re-position, 1859, from re- "again" + position (v.). Related: Repositioned; repositioning.
repository (n.): late 15c., "vessel, etc., for storage," Middle French repositoire or directly from Late Latin repositorium "store," in classical Latin, "a stand on which food is placed," from noun use of repositus, past participle of reponere "put away, store" (see repose (v.2)). Figurative use is recorded from 1640s.
repossess (v.): 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.
repossession (n.): 1580s, from re- + possession.
repost (v.): 1963, with reference to letters, from re- + post (v.3). Related: Reposted; reposting.
repot (v.): "put in fresh pots," 1845, from re- + pot (v.). Related: Repotted; repotting.
repour (v.): c. 1600, from re- + pour (v.). Related: Repoured; repouring.
repousse (adj.): "formed in relief," in reference to a type of decorative pattern, 1852, from French repoussé, past participle of repousser "to thrust back, beat back," from re- (see re-) + pousser (see push (v.)).
reprehend (v.): mid-14c., from Latin reprehendere "blame, censure, rebuke; seize, restrain," literally "pull back, hold back," from re- "back" (see re-) + prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile).