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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

/ ɪˈː /

noun

  1. the repeating of an earlier theme

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to repeat (an earlier theme)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reprise1

C14: from Old French, from reprendre to take back, from Latin reprehendere ; see reprehend
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Although none of the actors had been contracted for a second season, the hope was that the ensemble cast would reprise their original roles.

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It included a momentum-swinging double from Freddie Freeman, the MVP of last year’s Fall Classic reprising the role of Yankees killer again.

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The gig has him splitting his time between coasts — he’s reprising his role for the upcoming season of “Only Murders in the Building,” which shoots in New York and started filming in March.

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Morales reprises his role as Gabriel, an assassin liaison set on carrying out a dangerous mission for Entity, an artificial intelligence system gone rogue, whose capabilities render it a danger to human society.

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There was only one retread and even that one, a reprise of the standout “Traffic Altercation,” was worth revisiting.

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