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(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. Rehearse" v. i.To recite or repeat something for practice. "There will we rehearse." Shak. スポンサード リンク
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