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Pronunciation : Re*hearse" (r*hrs")
Part of Speech : v.
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.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Rehearsed (-hrst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehearsing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*hearse"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To recite or repeat something for practice. "There will we rehearse." Shak.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913