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rehearsing

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  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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