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   re·hearse

   /rəˈhərs/

   verb

   • 1. practice (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance: "we were rehearsing a play" Similar preparepracticetry outread throughsing throughwalk throughrun through/overgo overinformal:run downpracticehave a practice sessionpreparehave a trial performancego through one's paces
   • ▪ supervise (a performer or group) that is practicing for later public performance: "he listened to Charlie rehearsing the band" Similar traindrillpreparecoachtutorgroomput someone through their pacesteachinstructschooldirectguideinculcate
   • ▪ mentally prepare or recite (words one intends to say): "he had rehearsed a thousand fine phrases"
   • ▪ state (a list of points, especially those that have been made many times before); enumerate: "criticisms of factory farming have been rehearsed often enough" Similar enumeratelistitemizedetailspell outset outpresentspecifynamegivedescribedelineatecatalogreciterattle offrestaterepeatreiteraterecapitulaterecountgo overrun throughreviewinformal:recap

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘repeat aloud’): from Old French rehercier, perhaps from re- ‘again’ + hercer ‘to harrow’, from herse ‘harrow’ (see hearse).

   Derivatives

   • 1. rehearser noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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