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Definition of Reprise
1. Verb. Repeat an earlier theme of a composition.
Category relationships: Music
Generic synonyms: Play, Spiel
Derivative terms: Recapitulation, Repeat
Definition of Reprise
1. n. A taking by way of retaliation.
2. v. t. To take again; to retake.
Definition of Reprise
1. Noun. A recurrence or resumption of an action. ¹
2. Noun. (music) A repetition of a phrase, or a return to an earlier theme. ¹
3. Noun. (fencing) A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the on guard position. ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To take (something) up or on again. ¹
5. Verb. To repeat or resume an action ¹
6. Verb. (obsolete) To recompense; to pay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reprise
1. to take back by force [v -PRISED, -PRISING, -PRISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprise
Literary usage of Reprise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effects of the War on Money, Credit and Banking in France and the United States by Benjamin McAlester Anderson (1919)
"CHAPTER IV Depression and " reprise des Affaires " In tracing the history of
money, credit and banking in France during the war, we shall give attention to ..."
2. Preliminary Economic Studies of the War by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of Economics and History (1919)
"CHAPTER IV Depression and " reprise des Affaires " In tracing the history of
money, credit and banking in France during the war, we shall give attention to ..."
3. Curiosities of the Law Reporters by Franklin Fiske Heard (1871)
"... took the cup and drank all the wine that was left; and that, when Mr.
Burnet took the cup from him, ' Symons violently reprise ces hors de ses mains ..."
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