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re·prise (ri prīz; for n.2 & vt., usually rə prēz)

noun

  1. Eng. Law a deduction and payment, as for an annuity, out of income from lands: usually used in pl.
  2. Music
    1. recapitulation
    2. any repetition or copying of a song, part of a song, role, etc. performed earlier
  3. an instance of performing, presenting, or stating again a movie reprise of her stage role

Etymology: ME < OFr, fem. of repris, pp. of reprendre, to take back < L reprehendere: see reprehend

transitive verb reprised -·prised′, reprising -·pris′·ing

  1. to present a reprise of (a song)
  2. to perform, present, or state again a novel that reprises its author's favorite themes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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