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    [Noun]  | "re*prise" | \ ri-ˈprēz \


    1: a musical repetition:

    2: the repetition of the exposition preceding the development

    3: recapitulation


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, seizure, repossession, expense, from feminine past participle of reprendre to take back, from re- + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere;

    [Verb]  | "re*prise" | \ ri-ˈprīz \


    1: to repeat the performance of

    2: to repeat the principal points or stages of : recapitulate

    3: take back; especially : to recover by force


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Middle French repris, past participle of reprendre;

    [Noun]  | "reprise" 


    1: the act of saying or doing over again;


      * e.g., " ... his second marriage turned out to be a reprise of the first one: equally disastrous, simply shorter "



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    [Verb]  | "reprise" 


    1: to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report);


      * e.g., " ... the prosecutor's closing statement effectively reprised the case against the defendant "



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    2: to make or do again;


      * e.g., " ... let us not reprise the stupid mistakes we made last time "



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     [ "reprise" ]

    1: A fancy word for the repetition or part 2 of a song or message, often seen in live recordings of gospel music.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh My Gawd, have you heard the reprise of "Rain on Us"? It's beautiful. 

     [ "(Reprise)" ]

    1: The sadder version of a happy or upbeat song (unless it's the story of tonight)

      * e.g.,  ... How does Falsettoland (Reprise) make me cry so much when Falsettoland/About time makes me laugh every time?! 

     [ "Reprisals" ]

    1: To get back at the fool that crossed you.

      * e.g.,  ... When he stole my girl oh boy the reprisals 

     [ "Falsettoland reprise" ]

    1: Remember that time when you couldn't stop crying? You felt as if your heart was ripped out of your chest and had smashed into a million pieces? That's what this song is. It will make you cry whether or not Marvin's crying soundtrack is even included or you see Jason place the chest piece on the grave.

      * e.g.,  ... I have lost all ability to feel such emotion ever again after hearing Falsettoland reprise for the first time 

     [ "atomic reprise" ]

    1: A comedic technique in which the performer repeats a joke's punchline so many times as to render the joke irrelevant and absurd.

      * e.g.,  ... The atomic reprise was first used to great effect by Andy Kaufman, subsequently popularized by Mike Myers (Austin Powers) and Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy). 

     [ "dinner reprise" ]

    1: A heady way to say leftovers

      * e.g.,  ... Mom, I'm sick of leftovers. Don't think of them as leftovers but as a "dinner reprise". 

     [ "reprisal procedure" ]

    1: Noun.

      * e.g.,  ... "Debbie - did you notice Dr. Leibowitz ordered a full colorectal exam on the guy who came in for eight stiches across his forehead?" 


     [ "reprisal procedure" ]

    2: A unnecessary, usually invasive, humiliating and painful medical test ordered by a physician to get even with an unruly or disruptive patient.

      * e.g.,  ... "Yeah, during admission, the patient called Dr. Leibowitz a money-grubbing Jew. It sounds like a reprisal procedure to me. Excuse me. Dr. Leibowitz has asked me to mix parking lot gravel with the K-Y Jelly." 

     [ "Floating island of reprisal" ]

    1: It's when you put toilet paper in a toilet bowl before defecating so that the feces float and achieve full throttle air contact so that the smell may stench the whole area. This phenomenon is commonly practised after bad hotel service.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude I left a floating island of reprisal at the Hotel! Dude the floating island of reprisal stenched the whole room! 

     [ "stay alive reprise" ]

    1: How to make ANY Anthony Ramos/Philip Hamilton fan cry almost instantly

      * e.g.,  ... Someone who wants to make hamilfans suffer : sTAY ALIVE Reprise Everyone who’s already listened to Hamilton: *sobbing* 

     [ "reprise the theme song and roll the credits" ]

    1: Last line in every episode of Nickelodeon's "Roundhouse", indicating (duh) that the show's over.

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