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   reprise

   /rɪˈpriːz/

   noun

   • 1. a repeated passage in music.
   • ▪ a repetition or further performance of something: "a stale reprise of past polemic"

   verb

   • 1. repeat (a piece of music or a performance): "he reprises his role as the vigilante architect"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘resumption or renewal of an action’): French, literally ‘taken up again’, feminine past participle of reprendre (see reprieve).

   Scrabble Points: 9

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