Crossword clues for rehearsing
rehearsing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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To narrate; to relate; to tell.
Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord.
--Judg. . v. 11. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of rehearse English)
Usage examples of "rehearsing".
Then muste we to bookes that we find (Through which that olde thinges be in mind), And to the doctrine of these olde wise, Give credence, in ev'ry skilful* wise, *reasonable That tellen of these old approved stories, Of holiness, of regnes,* of victories, *reigns, kingdoms Of love, of hate, and other sundry things Of which I may not make rehearsings.