REHEARSE, verb transitive rehers.' 1. To recite; to repeat the words of a passage or composition; to repeat the words of another. When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Samuel 17:31. 2. To narrate or recount events or transactions. There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judges 5:11. Acts 11:4. 3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.
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