rehearse

  • 11rehearse — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully ▪ mentally ▪ She mentally rehearsed what she would say to Jeff. PREPOSITION ▪ for ▪ We re reh …

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  • 12rehearse — re|hearse [rıˈhə:s US ə:rs] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: rehercier, from herce farm tool for breaking up soil ; HEARSE] 1.) [I and T] to practise or make people practise something such as a play or concert in order to prepare for a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13rehearse — [13] To rehearse something is etymologically to ‘rake it over’. The word comes from Old French rehercer ‘repeat’, a compound verb based on hercer ‘harrow’. This was a derivative of the noun herce ‘large agricultural rake’, from which English gets …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 14rehearse */ — UK [rɪˈhɜː(r)s] / US [rɪˈhɜrs] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms rehearse : present tense I/you/we/they rehearse he/she/it rehearses present participle rehearsing past tense rehearsed past participle rehearsed a) to practise a play,… …

    English dictionary

  • 15rehearse — [13] To rehearse something is etymologically to ‘rake it over’. The word comes from Old French rehercer ‘repeat’, a compound verb based on hercer ‘harrow’. This was a derivative of the noun herce ‘large agricultural rake’, from which English gets …

    Word origins

  • 16rehearse — verb (rehearsed; rehearsing) Etymology: Middle English rehersen, from Anglo French rehercer, from re + hercer to harrow, from herce harrow more at hearse Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to say again ; repeat …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17rehearse — rehearsable, adj. rehearser, n. /ri herrs /, v., rehearsed, rehearsing. v.t. 1. to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation. 2. to drill or train (an actor, musician, etc.) by rehearsal,… …

    Universalium

  • 18rehearse — verb a) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. Theres no need to rehearse the same old argument; weve heard it before, and we all agree. b) To narrate; to relate; to …

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  • 19rehearse — re•hearse [[t]rɪˈhɜrs[/t]] v. hearsed, hears•ing 1) to practice (a play, speech, musical piece, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation 2) to drill or train (an actor, musician, etc.) by rehearsal 3) to relate the facts or particulars of; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20rehearse — [c]/rəˈhɜs / (say ruh hers) verb (rehearsed, rehearsing) –verb (t) 1. to perform (a play, part, piece of music, etc.) in private by way of practice, before a public performance. 2. to drill or train (a person, etc.) by rehearsal, as for some… …