REHEARSE

rehearse, practise, practice

(verb) engage in a rehearsal (of)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

rehearse (third-person singular simple present rehearses, present participle rehearsing, simple past and past participle rehearsed)

(transitive) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

(transitive) To narrate; to relate; to tell.

(ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater

(transitive, theatre) To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*hearse" (r*hrs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehearsed (-hrst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehearsing.] Etym: [OE. rehercen, rehersen, OF. reherser, rehercier, to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, fr. herce a harrow, F. herse. See Hearse.]

1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. Chaucer. When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31.

2. To narrate; to relate; to tell. Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judg. . v. 11.

3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [R.] He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her. Dickens.

Syn.

– To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe; tell; relate; narrate.

Re*hearse", v. i.

Definition: To recite or repeat something for practice. "There will we rehearse." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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