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transitive. To replevy (in various senses); esp. to bail (a person). Chiefly in past participle.
transitive. Scottish. To take back (property taken in distraint or confiscated, esp. in lieu of money owed) on giving the requisite surety. Obsolete…
transitive. To recover (goods, chattels, or land) by replevin.
transitive. = replevy, v. 1a. Now chiefly historical.