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.
Re*hearse", v. i. To recite or
repeat something for practice. "There will we rehearse."
Shak.
