reprise

[ri-prahyz for 1; ruh-preez for 2, 3]

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noun

Usually reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
Music.
1. a repetition.
2. a return to the first theme or subject.

verb (used with object), re·prised, re·pris·ing.

to execute a repetition of; repeat: They reprised the elaborate dance number in the third act.

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

Can be confusedreprisal reprise

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Examples from the Web for reprised

Contemporary Examples

He reprised a joke about having vowed, “When this show stops being fun, I will retire—10 years later.”
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Tom Shales
April 4, 2014
J-Fal and the Roots reprised their classroom-instruments shtick with Robin Thicke Thursday to sing his hit, ‘Blurred Lines.’
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The Daily Beast Video
August 3, 2013
President Obama and Senator John McCain reprised their rivalry at the health-care summit on Thursday.
Obama's Health-Care Summit
The Daily Beast Video
February 25, 2010

British Dictionary definitions for reprised

reprise

noun

the repeating of an earlier theme

verb

to repeat (an earlier theme)

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for reprised

reprise

n.

late 14c., "yearly deduction from charges upon a manor or estate," from Old French reprise "act of taking back" (13c.), fem. of repris, past participle of reprendre "take back," from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend). Meaning "resumption of an action" is from 1680s. Musical sense is from 1879.

reprise

n.

early 15c., from Old French repris, past participle of reprendre (see reprise (v.)).

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Contemporary Examples

He reprised a joke about having vowed, “When this show stops being fun, I will retire—10 years later.”

J-Fal and the Roots reprised their classroom-instruments shtick with Robin Thicke Thursday to sing his hit, ‘Blurred Lines.’

President Obama and Senator John McCain reprised their rivalry at the health-care summit on Thursday.

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Word Origin and History for reprised

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