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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rehearse \Re*hearse"\ (r?*h?rs"), verb (used with an object) [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.
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