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

A reprise of that now could be perilous.

From BBC

He recently handed out a thousand fliers for “The Smashing Machine” while wearing a sandwich board and walking through Manhattan, a reprise of a similar stunt he had done years before.

From Los Angeles Times

Blunt is stuck in a reprise of her Oscar-nominated supporting role in “Oppenheimer” as the drunk whose cruelty pardons the male lead’s flaws.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a role he would reprise in the 1967 film version, opposite Fonda.

From BBC

When Daniels first asked if Nuñez would be willing to reprise his role as Oscar Martinez in a new series, he agreed without hesitation.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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