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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Reprise

Re-prise', n.

noun

n. [Fr. reprise, from reprendre, repris, to take again or back, to take back again; Lat. reprehendere, Sp. represa, It. ripresa. See supra.]

  1. A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] Dryden.
  2. (pl.) (Law.) Deductions and duties which are yearly paid out of a manor and lands, as rent-charge, rent-seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Written also reprises.] Barrill.

Re-prīse', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [From the noun, supra.] [Obs.]

  1. To take again; to retake. Spencer.
  2. To recompense; to pay. Grant.