The Captain’s Log

Toplevel | Pontifications of The Great and Terrible Captain Cucamunga.

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:54:00 EDT

Rehearse

The verb to rehearse means to repeat actions to consolidate skill or to consolidate memorization in preparation for a performance. This sense of the verb appears in the late 16th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, to rehearse meant to recount events, to narrate what has happened or what has been said.