Noah Webster
Rehearse
REHEARSE, verb transitive rehers.'
1. To recite; to repeat the words of a passage or composition; to repeat the words of another.
When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Samuel 17:31.
2. To narrate or recount events or transactions.
There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judges 5:11. Acts 11:4.
3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.