reprise /ɹɪˈpɹiːz/noun 7verb 3forms 3 noun7 •A recurrence or resumption of an action. •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. •A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position. •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 — 1687 •A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate. •In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle. •[in the plural] Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes. verb3 •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. •(no longer used) To take (something) up or on again.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. — 1590 •(no longer used) To recompense; to pay. formsreprised · reprising · reprises
