Middle English Dictionary Entry

reprīse n.
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1.
(a) Law A fixed charge or expense deducted annually from the revenues of an estate; over the ~, aboven all charges and ~, etc., net; (b) cost, expense; (c) ?act of taking back, capturing; (d) ?a response, counterallegation; (e) retribution.