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/rɪprˈaɪz/ /rɪprˈiz/ Listen

noun

Reprise n.

A taking by way of retaliation. (Obs.)

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)

A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

verb

Reprise v. t.

To take again; to retake. (Obs.)

To recompense; to pay. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Reprise'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reprise" Quotes from Famous Books

... REPRISE, OR REPRISAL. Is the retaking a vessel from the enemy before she has arrived in any neutral or hostile port. If a vessel thus retaken has been 24 hours in the possession of an enemy, she is deemed a lawful recapture; but if within that time, she is merely detenu, ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... demanded hym vpon payne of deth to telle hym the cause why and wherfore he had made & founden thys playe and game And what thynge meuyd hym therto/ And than the philosopher constrayned by fere and drede answerd/ that he had promysid to the peple whiche had requyred hym that he shold correcte and reprise the kynge of his euyll vices/ but for as moche as he doubtid the deth and had seen that the kynge dide do flee the fages & wyse men/ That were so hardy to blame hym of his vices/ he was in grete anguysshe & sorowe/ ...

— Game and Playe of the Chesse - A Verbatim Reprint Of The First Edition, 1474 • Caxton