rehearsing

Variant of rehearse

rehearse definition

re·hearse (ri hʉrs′)

transitive verb rehearsed -·hearsed′, rehearsing -·hears′·ing

  1. to repeat aloud as heard or read; recite
  2. to tell in detail; narrate or describe in sequence and at length
    1. to perform (a play, concert, etc.) for practice, in preparation for a public or formal performance
    2. to repeat or practice as if rehearsing to rehearse an alibi
  4. to drill or train (a person) by rehearsal

Etymology: ME rehercen < OFr rehercer, lit., to harrow again < re-, again + hercer, to harrow < herce, a harrow: see hearse

intransitive verb

to rehearse a play, concert, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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