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Rehearse \Re*hearse"\, v. i.
To recite or repeat something for practice. "There will we
rehearse." --Shak.
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Rehearse \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.
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When the words were heard which David spake, they
rehearsed them before Saul. --1 Sam. xvii.
31.
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2. To narrate; to relate; to tell.
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Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. --Judg. .
v. 11.
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3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and
improvement, before a public representation; as, to
rehearse a tragedy.
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4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [R.]
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He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his
having seen her. --Dickens.
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Syn: To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe;
tell; relate; narrate.
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