Definition of: rehearse

(ri·hûrs′) v. ·hearsed, ·hears·ing v.t.
1. To perform privately in preparation for public performance, as a play or song.
2. To cause to perform or recite by way of preparation; instruct by rehearsal.
3. To say over again; repeat aloud; recite.
4. To give an account of; relate.
5. To enumerate.
—v.i.
6. To rehearse a play, song, dance, etc. See synonyms under RELATE. [<OF reherser harrow over, repeat <re- again + herser harrow <herse. See HEARSE.]
—re·hears′er noun