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Webster 1913 Edition
Rehearse
Re-hearse′
(r?-h?rs′)
, Verb.
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 tragedy4.
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′
,Verb.
I.
To recite or repeat something for practice.
“There will we rehearse.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rehearse
REHEARSE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To recite; to repeat the words of a passage or composition; to repeat the words of another.When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1Sam. 17.
2.
To narrate or recount events or transactions.There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judges 5. Acts 11.
3.
To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.