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REHEARSING
Verb
rehearsing
present participle of rehearse
Noun
rehearsing (plural rehearsings)
A rehearsal.
Anagrams
• rehearings
Source: Wiktionary
REHEARSE
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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