reprise

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The hurt feelings number was really only notable for the reprise, and there only because Mel, Doug and Greg got to join Murray as the singers.

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  1. noun Music A repetition of a phrase or verse.
  2. noun Music A return to an original theme.
  3. noun A recurrence or resumption of an action.

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  1. Middle English, act of taking back, from Old French, from feminine past participle of reprendre, to take back; see reprieve.

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  1. Early modern English also reprize; from Middle English reprise, from Old French reprise, a takingback, etc., French reprise, a taking back, recovery, recapture, resumption, return, repetition, revival (=Spanish represa =Portuguese represa, repreza =Italian ripresa, a retaking), from repris, past participle of reprendre, take; from the verb.
 

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/rəˈpraɪz/
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