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Webster 1913 Edition
Reprise
Re-prise′
(r?-pr?z′)
, Noun.
1.
A taking by way of retaliation.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
2.
pl.
(Law)
Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like.
[Written also
reprizes
.] Burrill.
3.
A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
Re-prise′
,Verb.
T.
[Written also
reprize
.] 1.
To take again; to retake.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
To recompense; to pay.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Reprise
REPRI'SE
,Noun.
REPRI'SE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To take again. obs.2.
To recompense; to pay. Obs.