Definitions for: Rehearse

[v] engage in a rehearsal (of)

Webster (1913) Definition: Re*hearse" (r?*h?rs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Rehearsed (-h?rst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehearsing.] [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.
To recite or repeat something for practice. ``There will we
rehearse.'' --Shak.

Synonyms: practice, practise

See Also: do, execute, perform, scrimmage

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