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re⋅prise

  [ri-prahyz for 1; ruh-preez for 2, 3] noun, verb, -prised, -pris⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
2. Music.
a. a repetition.
b. a return to the first theme or subject.
–verb (used with object)
3. to execute a repetition of; repeat: They reprised the elaborate dance number in the third act.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF: a taking back, OF, n. use of fem. ptp. of reprendre to take back < L reprehendere to reprehend
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re·prise   (rĭ-prēz')   
n.  
  1. Music
    1. A repetition of a phrase or verse.
    2. A return to an original theme.
  2. A recurrence or resumption of an action.
tr.v.   re·prised, re·pris·ing, re·pris·es
To repeat or resume an action; make a reprise of.

[Middle English, act of taking back, from Old French, from feminine past participle of reprendre, to take back; see reprieve.]
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Reprise

Re*prise"\ (r?-pr?z"), n. [F. reprise, fr. reprendre, repris, to take back, L. reprehendere. See Reprehend.]

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

2. pl. (Law) 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.

Reprise

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

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

2. To recompense; to pay. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : reprise
Spanish: continuación,
German: die Fortsetzung,
Japanese: 継続
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reprise  (n.)
1433, "yearly deduction from charges upon a manor or estate," from O.Fr. reprise "act of taking back," fem. of repris, pp. of reprendre "take back," from L. reprendere (see reprisal). Meaning "resumption of an action" is from 1685. Musical sense is from 1879. The verb is attested from c.1450.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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