n. The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rehearsed 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To narrate; to relate; to tell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judg. . v. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe; tell; relate; narrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To recite or repeat something for practice. “There will we rehearse.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rehearses. [ 1913 Webster ]