rehearse
1Rehearse — 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}.]… …
2rehearse — [ri hʉrs′] vt. rehearsed, rehearsing [ME rehercen < OFr rehercer, lit., to harrow again < re , again + hercer, to harrow < herce, a harrow: see HEARSE] 1. to repeat aloud as heard or read; recite 2. to tell in detail; narrate or describe …
3Rehearse — Re*hearse , v. i. To recite or repeat something for practice. There will we rehearse. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
4rehearse — index practice (train by repetition), recite, review Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5rehearse — (v.) c.1300, to give an account of, from Anglo Fr. rehearser, O.Fr. rehercier to go over again, repeat, lit. to rake over, from re again (see RE (Cf. re )) + hercier to rake, harrow (see HEARSE (Cf. hearse)). Meaning to say o …
6rehearse — *relate, narrate, describe, recite, recount, state, report Analogous words: *repeat, iterate, reiterate: detail, itemize, particularize (see corresponding adjectives at CIRCUMSTANTIAL) …
7rehearse — [v] prepare for performance act, depict, describe, do over, drill, dry run*, experiment, go over, go through, hold a reading*, hone, iterate, learn one’s part, narrate, practice, ready, recapitulate, recite, recount, reenact, reiterate, relate,… …
8rehearse — ► VERB 1) practise (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance. 2) state (a list of points that have been made many times before). ORIGIN originally in the sense «repeat aloud»: from Old French rehercier, perhaps from… …
9rehearse — [[t]rɪhɜ͟ː(r)s[/t]] rehearses, rehearsing, rehearsed 1) VERB When people rehearse a play, dance, or piece of music, they practise it in order to prepare for a performance. [V n] In his version, a group of actors are rehearsing a play about Joan… …
10rehearse — v. (D; intr., tr.) to rehearse for (to rehearse for a concert) * * * [rɪ hɜːs] (D; intr., tr.) to rehearse for (to rehearse for a concert) …
11rehearse — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully ▪ mentally ▪ She mentally rehearsed what she would say to Jeff. PREPOSITION ▪ for ▪ We re reh …
12rehearse — re|hearse [rıˈhə:s US ə:rs] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: rehercier, from herce farm tool for breaking up soil ; HEARSE] 1.) [I and T] to practise or make people practise something such as a play or concert in order to prepare for a… …
13rehearse — [13] To rehearse something is etymologically to ‘rake it over’. The word comes from Old French rehercer ‘repeat’, a compound verb based on hercer ‘harrow’. This was a derivative of the noun herce ‘large agricultural rake’, from which English gets …
14rehearse */ — UK [rɪˈhɜː(r)s] / US [rɪˈhɜrs] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms rehearse : present tense I/you/we/they rehearse he/she/it rehearses present participle rehearsing past tense rehearsed past participle rehearsed a) to practise a play,… …
15rehearse — [13] To rehearse something is etymologically to ‘rake it over’. The word comes from Old French rehercer ‘repeat’, a compound verb based on hercer ‘harrow’. This was a derivative of the noun herce ‘large agricultural rake’, from which English gets …
16rehearse — verb (rehearsed; rehearsing) Etymology: Middle English rehersen, from Anglo French rehercer, from re + hercer to harrow, from herce harrow more at hearse Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to say again ; repeat …
17rehearse — rehearsable, adj. rehearser, n. /ri herrs /, v., rehearsed, rehearsing. v.t. 1. to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation. 2. to drill or train (an actor, musician, etc.) by rehearsal,… …
18rehearse — verb a) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. Theres no need to rehearse the same old argument; weve heard it before, and we all agree. b) To narrate; to relate; to …
19rehearse — re•hearse [[t]rɪˈhɜrs[/t]] v. hearsed, hears•ing 1) to practice (a play, speech, musical piece, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation 2) to drill or train (an actor, musician, etc.) by rehearsal 3) to relate the facts or particulars of; …
20rehearse — [c]/rəˈhɜs / (say ruh hers) verb (rehearsed, rehearsing) –verb (t) 1. to perform (a play, part, piece of music, etc.) in private by way of practice, before a public performance. 2. to drill or train (a person, etc.) by rehearsal, as for some… …
