Associations to the word «Reprise»

Wiktionary

REPRISE, noun. A recurrence or resumption of an action.
REPRISE, noun. (music) A repetition of a phrase, or a return to an earlier theme.
REPRISE, noun. (fencing) A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the on guard position.
REPRISE, noun. A taking by way of retaliation.
REPRISE, noun. (legal) (in the plural) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.
REPRISE, noun. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
REPRISE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To take (something) up or on again.
REPRISE, verb. To repeat or resume an action
REPRISE, verb. (obsolete) To recompense; to pay.

Dictionary definition

REPRISE, verb. Repeat an earlier theme of a composition.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley