reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate
(verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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.
• (repeat an action): repeat; see also reiterate
• (recompense): compensate, reimburse; see also reimburse
• 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
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
