reprise

[ri-prahyz, ruh-preez]

noun

1. Law.,  Usually reprises. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.

2. Music.

   1. a repetition.

   2. a return to the first theme or subject.

verb (used with object)

reprised, reprising 

1. to execute a repetition of; repeat.

   They reprised the elaborate dance number in the third act.

reprise

/ rɪˈpriːz /

noun

1. the repeating of an earlier theme

verb

1. to repeat (an earlier theme)

Word History and Origins

Origin of reprise¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French: a taking back, Old French, noun use of feminine past participle of reprendre to take back < Latin reprehendere to reprehend

Word History and Origins

Origin of reprise¹

C14: from Old French, from reprendre to take back, from Latin reprehendere ; see _reprehend

Example Sentences

That doesn’t mean a South Asian reprise of failures like Pets.com and Global Crossing is under way.

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The cast of the new show includes returning “Harry Potter” actor Warwick Davis, who will be reprising his role as Professor Filius Flitwick.

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The story “After the Haiku Period,” about batty twin sisters who lay siege to a slaughterhouse, reprises the material.

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But curiously, and perhaps ironically, his range of interests, though in fact reprising venerable leftwing sympathies, may also chime with the sort of conservatism that values settled skills and customs—a settled pace of life.

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Don’t expect to see Oscar Isaac reprise his role as hot-shot pilot Poe Dameron in the “Star Wars” franchise any time soon.

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Related Words

• echo 
• recite 
• rehash 
• reiterate 
• renew 
• replay 
• restate