\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. [R.]
         He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his
         having seen her.                      --Dickens.
Syn: To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe;
     tell; relate; narrate.

\Re*hearse"\, v. i.
To recite or repeat something for practice. ``There will we
rehearse.'' --Shak.