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reprehendere
Latin · ancient
"to seize, take back; restrain"
re- 'back' plus prehendere 'to seize'
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reprendre
Old French · 1200s
"to take back, begin again"
kept the sense of taking something back up again
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reprise
Old French · 1200s
"an act of taking back; resumption"
the feminine past participle named the act of resuming
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reprise
English · 1680s-1965
"a repeated performance of a piece or role"
entered for the resumption of an action, later specializing to a repeated musical or theatrical performance
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