rehearse

Verb

1. 1

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

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

2. 2

   To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.

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

3. 3

   To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.

   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.

4. 4

   To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.

   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 […]

   It was plain that he'd been rehearsed a lot, but he wasn't letter-perfect by any manner of means.

5. 5

   To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.

   The Crown argued that the accused had rehearsed her story.

Formen

Präteritum

rehearsed

Partizip II

rehearsed

Partizip I

rehearsing

3. Person Singular

rehearses