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rehearseth

rehearseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rehearse.

Meaning of rehearse

Verb

rehearse (third-person singular simple present rehearses, present participle rehearsing, simple past and past participle rehearsed)

  1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.
    • The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
  3. (ambitransitive) 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.
  4. (transitive) 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.
  5. To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.
    • The Crown argued that the accused had rehearsed her story.

Origin of rehearseth

rehearse + -eth

Questions about rehearseth

What is rehearseth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rehearseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rehearse.

Words near rehearseth in the dictionary

  1. rehearsed
  2. rehearser
  3. rehearsers
  4. rehearses
  5. rehearsest
  6. rehearseth
  7. rehearsing
  8. rehearsings
  9. rehearten
  10. reheartened
  11. reheartening

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