Definition of REPRISE

reprise

Plural: reprises

Verb

Verb Forms: reprised, reprising, reprises

  • To take back by force; to repeat a musical theme or action.
  • repeat an earlier theme of a composition
  • To take (something) up or on again.
  • To repeat or resume an action or a role.
  • To recompense; to pay.

Noun

  • 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.
  • Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.
  • A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
  • In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.

Examples

  • He wanted to reprise his winning strategy from the previous Words With Friends game.
  • The aging actress played the role she played in her youth, as if to reprise it.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprendre. In some senses borrowed anew from Modern French reprise.

Scrabble Score: 9

reprise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
reprise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
reprise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

reprise: valid Words With Friends Word