- reprise⇄noun 1. a renewal or resumption of an action; repetition.
Ex. Most of Van Fleet's testimony was a reprise of things he had said before (Time).
2. (Music.) a repetition or return to the first theme or subject. - reprise⇄reprise (1), noun, verb, -prised,-prising
- reprise⇄reprise (2), intransitive verb, -prised,-prising.
to act in reprisal; pay back in kind; retaliate.
Ex. The foreign minister warns that ... his country can reprisebetter than ours can (Wall Street Journal). - reprise⇄v.t. to perform or present a reprise of; repeat.
Ex. Horror films used to reprise climactic sequences to clue us in on the previous material (New Yorker). There is joyful good fun ... in the title song, which is reprised near the end (Saturday Rev