Reprise

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A taking by way of retaliation.

II. Reprise ·vt To take again; to Retake.

III. Reprise ·noun A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

IV. Reprise ·vt To Recompense; to Pay.

V. Reprise ·noun Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like.

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