rehearse

verb

1. (transitive)To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

   “There’s no need to rehearse the same old argument; we’ve heard it before, and we all agree.”

2. (transitive)To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.

   “The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.”

3. (ambitransitive)To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.

   “The main actors spent on average two hours a day rehearsing before the first night.”

   “The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.”

   “In sober mornings, do not thou reherse / The holy incantation of a verse ...”

   “I ſuppoſe vve ſhall hardly Rehearſe the Comedy this Morning; for the Author vvas Arreſted as he vvas going home from King's Coffee-houſe; and, as I heard, it vvas for upvvards of Four Pound: I ſuppoſe he vvill hardly get Bail.”

4. (transitive)To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.

   “The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.”

   “He […] has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen Her […]”

   “It was plain that he'd been rehearsed a lot, but he wasn't letter-perfect by any manner of means.”

5. To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.

   “The Crown argued that the accused had rehearsed her story.”