See Also: musciform(medicine)
reprise(1)(dictionary)
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reprise(1) (iou) and musciform (medicine)


reprise(1) (iou)



reprise noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, use as noun of pa. pple fem. of reprendre: see REPRISE verb.]
I. The fact of taking back something for one's own advantage; an amount taken back; loss, expense, cost. Only in LME.
A charge or payment falling due annually from a manor or estate. Usu. in pl. LME.
a. = REPRISAL noun 4. M16-M18.
b. The action of taking something by way of retaliation. M17-E18.
A renewal or repetition of an action; a separate occasion of doing something. L17.
M. R. James The..tower fell, not all at once, but in two reprises.
II.
Architecture. A return of mouldings etc. in an internal angle. E16.
a. Music. The repetition of the first theme of a movement after the close of the development; esp. the recapitulation section of a movement in sonata form. Formerly also, a refrain. E18.
Theatre Research International The..final section was a reprise with..variations.
b. Linguistics. The repetition of a word or word group occurring in a preceding phrase. M20.
c. A repetition of a theatrical performance; a restaging or rewriting of a play, esp. for Television; a rerun, a replay. Also more widely, a further performance of any kind. M20.
Time A locally televised reprise of his successful..call-in program.

musciform (medicine)


musciform
<zoology> Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.

Origin: Musca.

<botany> Having the appearance or form of a moss.

Origin: Muscus.

Source: Websters Dictionary