Category: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.

Rehearse Re*hearse", v. i.

Defn: to recite or repeat something for practice. "there will we Rehearse." Shak.