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Webster 1913 Edition


Rehearse

Re-hearse′

(r?-h?rs′)
,
Verb.
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′

,
Verb.
I.
To recite or repeat something for practice.
“There will we rehearse.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rehearse

REHEARSE

,
Verb.
T.
rehers.'
1.
To recite; to repeat the words of a passage or composition; to repeat the words of another.
When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1Sam. 17.
2.
To narrate or recount events or transactions.
There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judges 5. Acts 11.
3.
To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

Definition 2024


rehearse

rehearse

English

Verb

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

  1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
    There's no need to rehearse the same old argument; we've heard it before, and we all agree.
  2. To narrate; to relate; to tell.
    The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
  3. To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.
    The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.
  4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
    The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.
    • Charles Dickens
      He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her.

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