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