rehearse
pronunciation
How to pronounce rehearse in British English:
UK [rɪˈhɜːs]
How to pronounce rehearse in American English:
US [rɪˈhɜːrs]
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- Verb:
- engage in a rehearsal (of)
Word Origin
- rehearse
- rehearse: [13] To rehearse something is etymologically to ‘rake it over’. The word comes from Old French rehercer ‘repeat’, a compound verb based on hercer ‘harrow’. This was a derivative of the noun herce ‘large agricultural rake’, from which English gets hearse. At first in English too rehearse meant simply ‘say over again, repeat, recite’; not until the late 16th century did the modern theatrical meaning begin to emerge.=> hearse
- rehearse (v.)
- c. 1300, "to give an account of," from Anglo-French rehearser, Old French rehercier (12c.) "to go over again, repeat," literally "to rake over, turn over" (soil, ground), from re- "again" (see re-) + hercier "to drag, trail (on the ground), be dragged along the ground; rake, harrow (land); rip, tear, wound; repeat, rehearse;" from herse "a harrow" (see hearse (n.)). Meaning "to say over again, repeat what has already been said or written" is from mid-14c. in English; sense of "practice a play, part, etc." is from 1570s. Related: Rehearsed; rehearsing.
Example
- 1. Carol : we won 't have to rehearse that .
- 2. It 's very beneficial to actually plan and rehearse ad libs .
- 3. Rehearse this line until you can deliver it with eye contact and a deadpan expression .
- 4. Rehearse as much as you can and practice in front of others at every opportunity .
- 5. And then we will rehearse the plays and act them out .