Reprise

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

reprise
    v 1: repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: {reprise},
         {reprize}, {repeat}, {recapitulate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Reprise \Re*prise"\, v. t. [Written also reprize.]
   1. To take again; to retake. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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   2. To recompense; to pay. [Obs.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Reprise \Re*prise"\ (r?-pr?z"), n. [F. reprise, fr. reprendre,
   repris, to take back, L. reprehendere. See {Reprehend}.]
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   1. A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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   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.
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   3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
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