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单词 reprise
释义 re·prise
I. \rə̇ˈprīz, rēˈp-, in senses 5 & 6 rə̇ˈprēz\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, reprise, action of taking back, from Old French, action of taking back, from feminine of repris, past participle of reprendre to take back, from Latin reprehendere to hold back, seize, reprehend, recover — more at reprehend
1. : a deduction or charge (as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, or annuities) to be made yearly out of a manor or estate — usually used in plural
 < the clear yearly value above all reprises of the rectory — Stat. 1 & 2 William IV >
2. architecture : a return in an internal angle
3. archaic : reprisal 4
 < by exchanging an apartment … he might well have got a reprise of several million francs — Carleton Lake >
4. obsolete : a retaliatory act : reprisal
5.
 a. : a recurrence, renewal, or resumption of an action : a separate or repeated occurrence
  < were plunged … not once or twice but in frequent reprises — George MacKenzie >
 b. : a renewal of attack following a return to guard in fencing
6.
 a. : the second section of pieces in binary form in 17th century French music
 b. : a musical repetition:
  (1) : the repetition of the exposition preceding the development
  (2) : recapitulation
 c. : something resembling or held to resemble a reprise in a musical score : a subsequent and identical performance : repetition
II. \-īz, in sense 3 -ēz\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English reprisen to begin again, from Middle French repris, past participle of reprendre to take back
1. archaic : to take back; especially : to recover by force
 < might reprise the arms … forfeited — George Chapman >
2. archaic : compensate
3. : to repeat the performance of
 < reprise a song >
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