† reprinsen.
Obsolete.
1. Dance. A step in which the front foot is drawn back to meet the other, used esp. in the ‘basse dance’ of the 15th and early 16th centuries; (also) the use of this step. Cf. reprise n. 3. historical in later use.
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps
reprise1521
double1531
reprinse1531
single1531
hop1579
cross-pointa1592
trip1601
back-tricka1616
inturna1627
shorta1652
coupee1673
cut1676
fleuret1677
bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706
contretemps1706
cross-step1728
boring1775
pigeon wing1807
pas de basque1818
cross-cut1842
flicflac1852
buckle-covering1859
reverse1888
reversing1892
cross-stepping1893
box step1914
jump turn1924
moonwalk1969
coupé-
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxiii. sig. Lviiv Comunely nexte after sengles in daunsing is a reprinse, whiche is one mouing only, puttynge backe the ryght fote to his felowe.
1607 J. Cleland Hρω-παιδεια v. xxiii. 225 Not approving the immoderate moving of the feet, more then I wil describe the proprieties of Honour, of Singles, of Two in Number, of Reprinse, and Double.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 58 The singles and reprinses exhibit the virtue of circumspection.
2. Recapture, recovery. Cf. reprise n. 6a, reprise v. 6a. rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun] > again
reprinse1592
reprisal1612
recaption1655
recapture1676
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 96 To armed knights and squiers..Bout this reprince I secretly do send.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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