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rehearsal|rɪˈhɜːsəl|
Forms: 4–5 rehersayle, -sail(l(e, 5 -sayll, -sale, 5–7 -sal(l, 5 -cel, 6 -sell, -ceall, 6– rehearsal, (6–7 -sall).
[f. rehearse v. + -al1.]
1. a. The act of rehearsing; a recounting or recital; a repetition of words or statements; recitation (very common c 1430–1650).
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 299 Forgat I to maken rehersaille Of watres corosif, and of lymaille. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 181 Whilom ther was in a smal village, As myn autor makethe rehersayle [etc.]. c1449Pecock Repr. i. vii. 36 Holi Scripture makith rehercel of many treuthis. 1494Fabyan Chron. i. xxiii. 18 For the more party they..make but a short rehersayll of these .v. Kyngs. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. ccxxviii. [ccxxiv.] 711 The erle of Derby spake certayne wordes.., wenynge that they shulde neuer haue ben called to rehersall. 1545Brinklow Compl. xxv. (1874) 73 A brefe rehersal, conteynyng the somme of all that is hetherto spoken. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 18 b, The rehersall of every sinne particularly is not necessary. 1599Warn. Faire Wom. i. 682, I can make rehearsal of the words Did pass betwixt you, if I were disposed. 1637T. Morton New Eng. Canaan (1883) 199 Now that I have made a rehearsall of the birds..I will give you a description of the beasts. 1697Dryden Virgil, Life (1721) I. 44 This Poem being now in greatforwardness, Cæsar..would needs be entertained with the rehearsal of some part of it. 1708Dodwell in Hearne Collect. 23 Nov. (O.H.S.) II. 152 His Rehearsals are full of excellent reasoning as well as wit. 1839J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. iii. (1847) 24 His rehearsals of their sayings, and of their accounts of the discourses and miracles of the Lord. 1842S. Knowles Rose of Arragon ii. i, Many..made it a pretext for rehearsal of old grievances. 1870in Anderson Missions Amer. Bd. II. xxiii. 192 The rehearsal of the tragedy of Captain Cook's death.
attrib.1592Greene Conny Catch. ii. 15 West-ward they goe, and there solemnly make a rehearsall sermon at tiborne. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xliii. 432 He made the Rehersal Sermons at Paul's Cross; repeating Memoriter the Spital Sermons preached at Easter.
(b) In Psychol., the intentional repetition (mentally or verbally) of information in order to keep it temporarily in the memory.
1935Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. XLVII. 66 Reminiscence..has not yet been demonstrated to occur independently of review, either intentional rehearsal or casual revival, during the interval between the two tests of retention. 1951S. S. Stevens Handbk. Exper. Psychol. xvii. 654/1 Color naming has commonly been used during the rest interval in an attempt to reduce rehearsal. 1960O. H. Mowrer Learning Theory & Behavior x. 365 A telephone number will be ‘remembered’, without rehearsal, for a short time after it is seen in a directory (or heard spoken), but will then usually be lost quite completely. 1976[see rehearse v. 1 d]. 1979W. A. Wickelgren Cognitive Psychol. viii. 235 The classification of memory into learning, storage, and retrieval leaves the cognitive process of rehearsal somewhat in limbo.
†b. A recital in a legal document. Obs. rare.
1628Coke On Litt. 19 b, The rehearsall or preamble of a statute is to be taken for truth. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 308 What opinion my Lord Coke was of, of Divines interfering with Common-Law's rehearsals, is not so certain.
2. a. The practising of a play or musical composition preparatory to performing it in public; a private meeting of actors or performers held for this purpose. Also, the act of practising any ceremony, e.g. a wedding or a state occasion.
1579–80in Cunningham Revels Acc. (1842) 159 Rehersinge of dyvers plaies..and their sondry Rehersells. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. i. 3 Here's a maruailous conuenient place for our rehearsall. 1671Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal ii. i, This morning is its last Rehearsal, in their habits, and all that, as it is to be acted. 1728Gay in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 95 The second part of the Beggar's Opera..was almost ready for rehearsal. 1759Johnson Idler No. 60 ⁋11 By degrees he was admitted to rehearsals. 1811Busby Dict. Mus. (ed. 3) s.v., Rehearsals, especially of new music, are indispensably necessary. 1846Dickens Lett. (1880) I. 165 We have a rehearsal with scenery and band. 1886Mabel Collins Prettiest Woman vii, I will call rehearsal for the next day. 1977Times 24 Mar. 2 (heading) Ulster trip by Princess becomes rehearsal for Queen's visit.
attrib.1863Geo. Eliot Romola lvii, Could he not strip himself of the past, as of rehearsal clothing,..to robe himself for the real scene? 1953Rodgers & Pearce Altar Bound 45 The rehearsal dinner takes place immediately before or after the rehearsal, and..is given by either the parents of the bride or groom. 1963A. Vanderbilt New Compl. Bk. Etiquette ix. 93 It is becoming more and more popular for the wedding rehearsal to be held in the late afternoon the day before the wedding, followed by a rehearsal dinner, which may be scheduled for six-thirty or seven o'clock. In some sections of the country, mainly the South and Midwest, it is customary for the groom's parents to give the rehearsal dinner.
b. in rehearsal, in process of being rehearsed.
1709Steele Tatler No. 1 ⁋6 The Town is at present in very great Expectation of seeing a Comedy now in Rehearsal. 1764Foote Patron ii. Wks. 1799 I. 349 The piece has long been in rehearsal at Drury-lane playhouse. 1860F. W. Robinson Grandm. Money vi. iv, The opera was put in rehearsal, and the most trying time to dramatic or operatic authors succeeded.
3. attrib., as rehearsal break, rehearsal complex, rehearsal hall, rehearsal pianist, rehearsal room; rehearsal band, a band that meets to practise jazz, dance music, etc.; rehearsal dinner U.S., a dinner held after a wedding rehearsal (usually in the evening before the wedding); rehearsal script (see quot.).
1969Down Beat 17 Apr. 19/3 There have been any number of rehearsal bands around New York in the past 10 years. 1970New Yorker 23 May 78/2 The so-called ‘rehearsal’ bands of Thad Jones—Mel Lewis, Clark Terry, [etc.].
1957Sentinel (Milwaukee) 14 Nov. ii. 6/3 ‘That six minutes is beginning to look like an awful long time,’ shivered Junie, chewing nonchalantly on a coffee cup during a rehearsal break. 1977West Briton 25 Aug. 10/2 The dawning of a new and promising era for Redruth Amateur Operatic Society... The society took over its new rehearsal complex at Plain-an-Gwarry.
1953,1963Rehearsal dinner [see sense 2 a above]. 1974State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 3 & 4 Mar. g8/6 The groom gifts his attendants at the rehearsal dinner or bachelor dinner.
1960‘E. McBain’ Give Boys Great Big Hand x. 107 Unfurnished rehearsal halls and the cubbyhole offices of music publishers. 1976Listener 29 July 121/2 The last 17 hopefuls..gather together in the rehearsal hall. 1977S. Brett Star Trap i. 11 There was a guy..who was rehearsal pianist for the show.
1959M. Summerton Small Wilderness i. 18 Reading a part in a rehearsal room. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVII. 500/1 The school housed an excellent theatre, a number of rehearsal rooms, a swimming pool, [etc.].
1960Rehearsal script [see master-scene s.v. master n.1 29]. |