rehearse
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
rehearse (rehearses, present participle rehearsing; past and past participle rehearsed)
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To narrate; to relate; to tell.
- The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
- (ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater
- 1648, Robert Herrick (poet), Hesperides, "When he would have his verses read":
- In sober mornings, do not thou reherse
- The holy incantation of a verse ...
- 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.
- 1648, Robert Herrick (poet), Hesperides, "When he would have his verses read":
- (transitive, theatre) 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.
- French: rabâcher, ressasser
- German: wiederholen
- Italian: ripetere
- Portuguese: repetir
- Russian: твердить
- Spanish: repetir
- French: répéter
- German: üben, proben
- Italian: ripetere, ripassare, provare
- Portuguese: ensaiar
- Russian: репети́ровать
- Spanish: practicar, ensayar
- Russian: репети́ровать
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