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Rehearse v. t. (past & past part. rehearsed; pres. part. rehearsing)

To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. "When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul."

To narrate; to relate; to tell. "Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord."

To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. (R.) "He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her."

Synonyms: To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe; tell; relate; narrate.

Rehearse v. i. To recite or repeat something for practice. "There will we rehearse."

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Etymology of 'Rehearse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rehearse" Quotes from Famous Books

... echoes still repeat his name, While countless tongues his full-orbed life rehearse, Love, by his beating pulses taught, will claim The breath of song, the ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 • Various

... she should forsake God, and depend vpon him: to which she condescended in expresse tearmes, renouncing God, and betaking herselfe vnto him. I am sparing by anie amplification to enlarge this, but doe barely and nakedly rehearse the trueth, and number of her owne words vnto mee. After this hee presented himselfe againe at sundry times, and that to this purpose (as may probably bee coniectured) to hold her still in his possession, who was not able, eyther to ...

— A Treatise of Witchcraft • Alexander Roberts

... replies that she was thinking how funny it would be if, etc., etc. She is very fond of a good laugh, and not having anything laughable actually at hand proceeds to imagine something. So, a music lover may mentally rehearse a piece when he has no actual music to enjoy; and if he has some power of musical invention, he may amuse himself, in idle moments, by making up music in his head; just as one who has some ability in decorative design may fill his idle moments by concocting new designs ...

— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth

... roaring. It will really be necessary for me to rehearse things with you. One can never rely on your inspirations. Henri is ...

— The German Classics, v. 20 - Masterpieces of German Literature • Various

... me rehearse a story, my lord. You will find it in the 'Very Merry Marvelings' of the Improvisitor Quiddi; and a quaint book it is. Fugle-fi is its ...

— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) • Herman Melville

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