re·prise
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–verb (used with object)
| 1. | Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like. |
| 2. | Music.
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| 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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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 (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 |
| reprise | |
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| repeat an earlier theme of a composition |
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Reprise
Re*pris"al\ (r?-priz"al), n. [F. repr?saille, It. ripresaglia, rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L. reprehendere, reprehensum. See Reprehend, Reprise.]1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place. --Macaulay. 2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation. 3. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. --Vattel (Trans.) 4. Any act of retaliation. --Waterland. Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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