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English Dictionary: reprise by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprise
v
  1. repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate]
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.]
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