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[reprising] Wouldnt' the word "repeat" work as well?
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Ken Blake
2024-10-02 02:17:08 UTC
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[reprising]
Even on former President Jimmy Carter¢s 100th birthday, former President
Donald Trump could not pass up reprising his longstanding jab at the
Georgia Democrat.

Why not just say "repeated"?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reprising
reprised; reprising
transitive verb

1a: to repeat the performance of
b: to repeat the principal points or stages of : RECAPITULATE
2archaic : TAKE BACK
especially : to recover by force
3 archaic : COMPENSATE

Etymology
When reprise was first adopted into English in the 15th century, it
referred to a deduction or charge made yearly out of a manor or estate (and
was usually used in the plural form reprises). It probably won't surprise
you, then, to learn that reprise comes from an Anglo-French word meaning
"seizure, repossession, or expense." Eventually, reprise came to refer to
any action that was repeated or resumed. A later sense, borrowed from
modern French, applies to specific types of repetition in musical
compositions. That sense was eventually generalized to describe any
subsequent and identical performance. It's possible, for example, to have a
reprise of a television program or a book.
Ken Blake
2024-10-02 02:21:32 UTC
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Post by Ken Blake
Even on former President Jimmy Carter¢s 100th birthday, former President
Donald Trump could not pass up reprising his longstanding jab at the
Georgia Democrat.
Why not just say "repeated"?
Forgot the link.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-makes-dig-at-jimmy-carter-on-his-100th-birthday

May as well compare to "repeating" since I have to write this oopsie.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repeating
of a firearm: designed to load cartridges from a magazine

Hmm. It doesn't exist in that context. How could that be?

But "repeating" shows up under "repeat".
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repeat

transitive verb

1a: to say or state again
b: to say over from memory : RECITE
c: to say after another
2a: to make, do, or perform again
repeat an experiment
b: to make appear again
the curtains repeat the wallpaper pattern
will repeat the program tomorrow
c: to go through or experience again
had to repeat third grade
3: to express or present (oneself) again in the same words, terms, or form
intransitive verb : to say, do, or accomplish something again
especially : to win something (such as a sports championship) another time
in succession

Etymology
Verb

Middle English repeten, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French repeter,
from Old French, from Latin repetere to return to, repeat, from re- +
petere to go to, seek
Peter Moylan
2024-10-02 02:37:49 UTC
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Post by Ken Blake
Middle English repeten, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French repeter,
from Old French, from Latin repetere to return to, repeat, from re- +
petere to go to, seek
I thought repeter could also mean "fart again", but atilf doesn't list
this meaning.
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