Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Riprénd-ere, v. a. (V. prendere,)
1. to retake, take again, regain, recover. — ardire, to take courage again. — fiato, to fetch breath again;2. to rebuke, check, reprimand, or reprove,v. r. to amend. — d'un vizio, to forsake a vice, to reclaim one's self from it. — dal vino,to leave off wine; s. m. Riprénd-itóre, f. Riprénd-itríce; adj.Riprénd-énte .
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
riprendere: to take or receine againe. Also to reprehend, to reprooue, to controule, to checke, to rebuke, to blame, to admonish. Also to begin againe ones speech.