[rɪˈhəːs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- practise (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance
(e.g: we were rehearsing a radio play)

- state (a list of points that have been made many times before)
(e.g: criticisms of factory farming have been rehearsed often enough)


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Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘repeat aloud’): from Old French rehercier, perhaps from re- ‘again’ + hercer ‘to harrow’, from herse ‘harrow’ (see hearse)