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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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