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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 priv…

o tell over again; to recite. Chaucer. When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31.

One who rehearses.

To heat again.

The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand.

Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.

To hire again.

To hypothecate again. -- Re`hy*poth`e*ca"tion, n.

against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure. Chaucer. Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish. Bacon. Pardon me for reprehending thee. Shak. In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended. Dryden. I n…

One who reprehends.

Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable. -- Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. -- Rep`re*hen"si*bly, adv.

blame; disapproval. This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. Sir P. Sidney.

Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. South. -- Rep`re*hen"sive*ly, adv.

Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint. Johnson.

See Rose, n., 4.

A kind of water wheel used in Egypt for raising water, from wells or pits, in buckets attached to its periphery or to an endless rope.

A sea urchin.

One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.

A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.

The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent. [U. S.]