REPRISE

reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate

(verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

reprise (plural reprises)

A recurrence or resumption of an action.

(music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.

(fencing) A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.

A taking by way of retaliation.

(legal, in the plural) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.

A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

(construction) In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.

Verb

reprise (third-person singular simple present reprises, present participle reprising, simple past and past participle reprised)

(obsolete, transitive) To take (something) up or on again.

To repeat or resume an action

(obsolete) To recompense; to pay.

Synonyms

• (repeat an action): repeat; see also reiterate

• (recompense): compensate, reimburse; see also reimburse

Anagrams

• perries, respire

Source: Wiktionary

Re*prise" (r-prz"), n. Etym: [F. reprise, fr. reprendre, repris, to take back, L. reprehendere. See Reprehend.]

1. A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. pl. (Law)

Definition: Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Written also reprizes.] Burrill.

3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

Re*prise", v. t. Etym: [Written also reprize.]

1. To take again; to retake. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To recompense; to pay. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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