reprises

Noun

reprise (plural reprises)

1. A recurrence or resumption of an action.
2. 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.
3. A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.
4. 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 sea1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC
5. (in plural) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.
6. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

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