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| rehearse | |
| 1. v. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. |  |
| There's no need to rehearse the same old argument; we've heard it before, and we all agree. | |
| 2. v. To narrate; to relate; to tell. | |
| The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives. | |
| 3. v. To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater | |
| The main actors spent on average two hours a day rehearsing before the first night. | |
| The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, theatre) To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. | |
| The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived. | |
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