rehearse
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rehearse/rɪˈhɜːs/
▶verb
- 1 practise (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance.
- 2 state (a list of points that have been made many times before).
– derivatives
rehearser noun.
rehearser noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘repeat aloud’): from OFr. rehercier, perh. from re- ‘again’ + hercer ‘to harrow’, from herse (see hearse).
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