Entry Word: rehearse

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to do over and over so as to become skilled <the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductorʼs satisfaction> — see practice
2 to give an oral or written account of in some detail <wrote a letter to the management rehearsing in lurid detail our terrible stay at their hotel> — see tell 1
3 to say or state again <rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into class> — see repeat 1
4 to specify one after another <rehearsed the list of things he wanted for his birthday so that there would be no doubt in my mind> — see enumerate 1