Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rehearse \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.

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

Source : WordNet®

rehearse
     v : engage in a rehearsal (of) [syn: {practise}, {practice}]