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Reprise   /rɪprˈaɪz/  /rɪprˈiz/   Listen
noun
Reprise  n.  
1.
A taking by way of retaliation. (Obs.)
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)
3.
A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.



verb
Reprise  v. t.  
1.
To take again; to retake. (Obs.)
2.
To recompense; to pay. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Reprise" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pride of to gret a cost, Whan he for Pride hath hevene lost; And after that in Paradis Adam for Pride loste his pris: In Midelerthe and ek also Pride is the cause of alle wo, That al the world ne may suffise To stanche of Pride the reprise: Pride is the heved of alle Sinne, Which wasteth al and mai noght winne; 3310 Pride is of every mis the pricke, Pride is the werste of alle wicke, And costneth most and lest is worth In place where he hath his forth. Thus have I seid that I wol seie Of myn answere, and to you preie, ...
— Confessio Amantis - Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, 1330-1408 A.D. • John Gower



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