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reprise

American  
[ri-prahyz, ruh-preez] / rɪˈpraɪz, rəˈpriz /

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 British  
/ rɪˈpriːz /

noun

  1. the repeating of an earlier theme

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verb

  1. to repeat (an earlier theme)

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Etymology

Origin of reprise

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

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