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.
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Re*hearse", v. i.
To recite or repeat something for practice.
"There will we
rehearse."
Shak.
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