REHASH
Re*hash", n.
Defn: Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.
REHEAR
Re*hear" (r*hr"), v. t.
Defn: To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in
Chancery.
REHEARSAL
Re*hears"al (r*hrs"a), n.
Defn: The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker. Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak. Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.
REHEARSE Re*hearse" (r*hrs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehearsed (-hrst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehearsing.] Etym: [OE. rehercen, rehersen, OF. reherser, rehercier, to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, fr. herce a harrow, F. 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.