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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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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