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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rehearse \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}.]
     1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over


        again; to recite. --Chaucer.
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              When the words were heard which David spake, they
              rehearsed them before Saul.           --1 Sam. xvii.
                                                    31.
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     2. To narrate; to relate; to tell.
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              Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. --Judg. .
                                                    v. 11.
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     3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and
        improvement, before a public representation; as, to
        rehearse a tragedy.
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     4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [R.]
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              He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his
              having seen her.                      --Dickens.
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     Syn: To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe;
          tell; relate; narrate.
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