Antonyms for reprise
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ri-prahyz for 1; ruh-preez for 2, 3 |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpraɪz for 1; rəˈpriz for 2, 3 |
Definition of reprise
Origin :- late 14c., "yearly deduction from charges upon a manor or estate," from Old French reprise "act of taking back" (13c.), fem. of repris, past participle of reprendre "take back," from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend). Meaning "resumption of an action" is from 1680s. Musical sense is from 1879.
- As in recapitulation : noun summary that repeats
- As in ransom : verb pay blackmail money for return of possession or person
- As in reiterate : verb say or do again
- As in repeat : verb duplicate, do again
- As in restate : verb repeat
- The French have two words for these two sounds—the cri and the reprise.
- Extract from : « The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases » by Charles West, M.D.
- This is followed by the reprise of the first and second subjects.
- Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
- The reprise of the dance was brief, and he had to surrender her from his embrace.
- Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes
- And at the very spot on the floor where any object contained in the bowl would have fallen, came a reprise of the bell note!
- Extract from : « Bat Wing » by Sax Rohmer
- This is gradually appassionated until it is merged into the reprise of the first movement proper.
- Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
- My heart leaped, and lifting my sword-hand to turn off his blade, I attempted a reprise.
- Extract from : « The Great Quest » by Charles Boardman Hawes
- The second boiling or digestion is technically termed the reprise.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- During this reprise little glints of reminiscence of the pastoral are seen.
- Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
Synonyms for reprise
- buy freedom of
- buy out
- chime
- come again
- deliver
- din
- ditto
- double-check
- drum into
- echo
- emancipate
- extricate
- free
- go over again
- hold over
- imitate
- ingeminate
- iterate
- liberate
- make like
- manumit
- obtain release of
- occur again
- pay for release of
- peroration
- play back
- play over
- quote
- read back
- reappear
- recap
- recapitulate
- recast
- recheck
- reciprocate
- recite
- reconstruct
- recover
- recrudesce
- recur
- redeem
- redo
- refashion
- reform
- regain
- rehash
- rehearse
- reissue
- reiterate
- relate
- release
- remake
- renew
- reoccur
- repeat
- replay
- reprise
- reproduce
- repurchase
- rerun
- resay
- rescue
- reshow
- restate
- retell
- return
- revert
- revolve
- rewarn
- rework
- run over
- save
- say again
- set free
- sing same old song
- summary
- unchain
- unfetter
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