reprise

Meaning

Noun

1. A recurrence or resumption of an action.
2. A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.
3. A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.
4. A taking by way of retaliation.
5. (in-plural) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.
6. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
7. In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To take (something) up or on again.
2. To repeat or resume an action or a role.
3. (obsolete) To recompense; to pay.

Synonyms

repeat

🔁

reprize

recapitulate

iterate

prise

recursion

rehash

repetition

ditto

replicate

reproduce

retaliate

retrograde

run

say

🗣️

take revenge

hash over

replay

double

ingeminate

Translations

reprise

⌚

nakarat

ripresa

Entnahme

Wiederholung

Wiederholen

wieder gewinnen

prise

recommencer

répéter

🔁

répétition

ρεπρίζ

résumer

rediffusion

Repetition

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈpɹiːz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reprise

In summary

From Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprendre. In some senses borrowed anew from Modern French reprise.

Sentences

It is a short reprise of " Dick ".