Rehearse

[ɹɪˈhɜːs] · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
2. (transitive) To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.
3. (ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.
4. (transitive, theater) To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
5. To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.

Example Sentences

There’s no need to rehearse the same old argument; we’ve heard it before, and we all agree.

The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.

The main actors spent on average two hours a day rehearsing before the first night.

The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.

In sober mornings, do not thou reherse / The holy incantation of a verse ...

I ſuppoſe vve ſhall hardly Rehearſe the Comedy this Morning; for the Author vvas Arreſted as he vvas going home from King's Coffee-houſe; and, as I heard, it vvas for upvvards of Four Pound: I ſuppoſe he vvill hardly get Bail.

The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.

He […] has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen Her […]

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• rehearses
• rehearsing
• rehearsed

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