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Webster 1913 Edition
Rehearsal
Re-hears′al
(r?-h?rs′a)
, Noun.
The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.
Chaucer.
In
rehearsal
of our Lord’s Prayer. Hooker.
Here's marvelous convenient place for our
rehearsal
. Shakespeare
Dress rehearsal
(Theater)
, a private preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rehearsal
REHEARSAL
,Noun.
1.
Recital; repetition of the words of another or of a written work; as the rehearsal of the Lord's prayer.2.
Narration; a telling or recounting, as of particulars in detail; as the rehearsal of a soldier's adventures.3.
The recital of a place before the public exhibition of it; as the rehearsal of a comedy.