reprisal, reprisall, reprisel

[Fr. représaille, from Ital. ripresaglia, from ripresa =& reprisal or taking again; prop. fem. of ripreso, pa. par. of riprendere to reprehend, to take again, from Latin reprehendo =to trke again, to reprehend (q. v.).] 1. The act of seizing or taking anything from an enemy by way of indemnification or retaliation for something seized and detained by him. 2. That which is so seized or taken. "That large reprisal he might justly claim, For prize defrauded and insulted fame." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xi. 836. 3. The same as RECAPTION (q. v.). 4. The act of retaliating on an enemy by the infliction of suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him in requital for some act of inhumanity perpetrated by him. 5. Any taking by way of retaliation; any act of severity done in retaliation. "Desirous, as it seems, to make reprisals upon me."Water land: Works , iv. 83. Letters of marque and reprisal , Letters of mark and reprisal : [MARQUE.] "The Council of Caledonia, in great indignation, i ued letters of mark and reprisal against Spanish ve els."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xxiv. rě-prīşe', rě-prize', s. [Fr., fem. of repris, pa. par. of reprendre =to take again; Sp. represa; Ital. ripresa.] *I. Ord. Lang .: A taking by way of retaliation or indemnification; reprisal. "If so, a just reprise would only be Of what the land usurp'd upon the sea." II. Technically : Dryden: Hind and Panther , iii. 862. reprise 2. Masonry: A term used to denote the return of moldings in an internal angle. 3. Law ( pl .): Yearly deductions, duties, or payments out of a manor and lands, as rent-charge, rent-seck, annuities, and the like. 4. Music : The burden of a song. *rě-prişe', *rě-prize', v . t . [O. Fr. repris , pa. par. of reprendre to take again, from Lat. repre hen do to take again, to reprehend (q. v.).] 1. To take again; to retake. "Ye might reprise the armes Sarpedon forfeited." Chapman: Homer's Iliad, vii. 2. To recompense, to pay. tre-pris-tin-āte, v . t . [Latin re -again, and pristinus former, ancient.] To restore to a former or pristine condition or state. tre-pris-tin-a-tion, s . [REPRISTINATE.] The act of restoring to a pristine or original state or condition; the state of being so restored; resuscitation. *re-prive (1), v . t . [REPRIEVE.] *rě-prive (2), v . t . [Pref. re- , and Lat. privo = to deprive.] To take away. "How that my Lord from her I would reprive." Spenser: F. Q., II. 1. 55. *rě-prize', s . & v . [REPRISE, 8. & v.] rě-proach, *re-proc he, v . t . [French reprocher (O. Fr. reprochier ), from a hypothetical Low Lat. repropio to bring near to, hence, to cast in one's teeth, to object, from Lat. re - again, and propius , compar. of prope =near; Sp. repro char .] 1. To censure in opprobrious terms; to charge with a fault in severe terms; to censure or upbraid with severity, opprobium, or contempt. "If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye." -1 Peter iv. 14. 2. To find fault with. *3. To disgrace. "I thought your marriage fit: olse imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, v. 1.