Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rehearse

Rehearse (r?*h?rs") , transitive verb

[Old English rehercen, rehersen, Old French reherser, rehercier, to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, from herce a harrow, French herse. See Hearse.]

1.
To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. — Chaucer
When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. — 1 Sam. xvii. 31
2.
To narrate; to relate; to tell.
Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. — Judg.. v. 11
3.
To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.
4.
To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [Rare]
He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her. — Dickens

Rehearse , intransitive verb

To recite or repeat something for practice.
There will we rehearse. — Shakespeare