reprise

(noun, verb)

noun

1. A recurrence or resumption of an action.

2. (music) A repetition of a phrase, or a return to an earlier theme.

3. (fencing) A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the on guard position.

4. A taking by way of retaliation.

5. (law, in the 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.

verb

1. repeat an earlier theme of a composition

Similar word(s): recapitulate, repeat, reprize

Definition categories: creation, play, spiel

Sentences with reprise as a verb:

- The aging actress played the role she played in her youth, as if to reprise it.