rehearse

Meanings

1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
2. To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.
3. To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.
4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
5. To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.

Etymology

From Middle English rehersen, from Anglo-Norman reherser (“to repeat word-for-word”).