Re-hēarse', v. t.

(re-hērs'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. REHEARSED (-hērst'); p. pr. & vb. n. REHEARSING.] [Probably from prefix re and hear say.] 1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31. 2. To narrate; to recount; to relate; to tell. There shall they 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. Meet me in the palace wood, . . . by moonlight there will we rehearse. Shak. 4. To cause to recite, tell, or narrate. [Rare.] He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her. Dickens. Syn.—To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe; tell; relate; narrate.