Noah Webster
Rehearsal
REHEARSAL, noun rehers'al. [from rehearse.]
1. Recital; repetition of the words of another or of a written work; as the rehearsal of the Lord's prayer.
2. Narration; a telling or recounting, as of particulars in detail; as the rehearsal of a soldier's adventures.
3. The recital of a place before the public exhibition of it; as the rehearsal of a comedy.