rehearse Meaning, Definition & Usage

Re*hearse" transitive verb

Etymology

OE. rehercen, rehersen, OF. reherser, rehercier, to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, fr. herce a harrow, F. herse. See Hearse.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Rehearsed present participle & verbal noun Rehearsing

Definitions

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" intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To recite or repeat something for practice. "There will we rehearse." Shak.