Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Reprise

//ɹɪˈpɹiːz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A recurrence or resumption of an action.
  2. 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. 3
    A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.
  4. 4
    A taking by way of retaliation.

    "Your care about your banks infers a fear Of threatening floods ,and inundations near; If so, a just reprise would only be Of what the land usurped upon the sea"

  5. 5
    Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes. in-plural
Show 2 more definitions
  1. 6
    A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
  2. 7
    In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.
Verb
  1. 1
    To take (something) up or on again. obsolete, transitive

    "How to take life from that dead-liuing swaine, / Whom still he marked freshly to arize / From th'earth, & from her wombe new spirits to reprize."

  2. 2
    repeat an earlier theme of a composition wordnet
  3. 3
    To repeat or resume an action or a role.

    "The aging actress played the role she played in her youth, as if to reprise it."

  4. 4
    To recompense; to pay. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

See also for "reprise"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: reprise