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reprise


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reprise  \Re*prise"\  (r?-pr?z"),  n.  [F.  reprise,  fr  reprendre 
  repris,  to  take  back  L.  reprehendere.  See  {Reprehend}.] 
  1.  A  taking  by  way  of  retaliation.  [Obs.]  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  pl  (Law)  Deductions  and  duties  paid  yearly  out  of  a  manor 
  and  lands,  as  rent  charge,  rent  seck,  pensions,  annuities, 
  and  the  like  [Written  also  {reprizes}.]  --Burrill. 
 
  3.  A  ship  recaptured  from  an  enemy  or  from  a  pirate. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reprise  \Re*prise"\,  v.  t.  [Written  also  reprize.] 
  1.  To  take  again  to  retake.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  To  recompense;  to  pay  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reprise 
  v  :  repeat  an  earlier  theme  of  a  musical  composition  [syn:  {repeat}, 
  {recapitulate}] 




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