单词 | rehearsed |
释义 | rehearsedadj.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > prepared by going through beforehand rehearsedc1443 practised?1520 recollecteda1616 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 416 (MED) It folewiþ nott..þat ech perjury..is agrettir synne þan is man slauȝtir, þouȝ summe doctouris so holden for þe same now rehercid ground. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 2 (MED) Þo trouþis of þe boþe now rehercid kindis ben profitable into þe knowing..cristen religioun. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. EEEii The trouble & noyse of these rehersed people, is so greate. 1544 Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. Bv Let vs eschewe..in our prayers, al the afore rehersed vices. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 26 The Cannell bones fastened to the rehearsed Processe named Acromion. 1633 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) V. 53/1 The particulars abone rehearsit. 1708 Gamesters Law vii. 116 Any other Unlawful Game afore rehearsed. 1848 Amer. Biblical Repository July 537 The rehearsed history of Redemption, from its dawn to its splendid consummation, will furnish the lyres of angels with a new theme. 1875 T. A. Trollope Diamond cut Diamond I. 9 What was the nature of the ill-fortune that could avail so to counterbalance all the above-rehearsed elements of good? 2. a. That has been practised or learnt. ΚΠ 1817 Lady Morgan France II. 74 Their movements are more precise, their steps more measured; and the rehearsed air of their attitudes constantly recalls the anecdote of Gardel, the dancer. 1871 L. W. M. Lockhart Fair to See I. vi. 167 He turned to confront them, on their entrance, with a carefully rehearsed mien. 1958 Eng. Jrnl. 47 91/2 He discovered the body and uttered his rehearsed line. 1991 Weekend Austral. 6–7 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 8/3 Every question is..structured so that Puttnam can give one of his polished, well-rehearsed answers. 2004 Radio Times 3 July (Midlands ed.) 26/1 Bob..was a great live performer, but because he had such a repertoire of rehearsed jokes, it never appeared that he was ad-libbing, even when he was. b. With modifying word. That has been worked on in rehearsal in a specified manner; (of a performer) that has practised in a specified manner. Cf. under-rehearsed adj. at under-rehearsal n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adjective] > types of performance useful1740 unrehearsed1789 rehearsed1821 marionettish1873 non-stop1932 live1933 watchable1933 improv1953 under-rehearsed1963 impro1979 1821 T. H. Marshall Irish Necromancer I. 162 This well-rehearsed opera was fixed for representation on the first of May. 1889 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 172/2 The whole..gives out a conglomeration of disconnected sounds rather like a badly-rehearsed toy symphony. 1908 Variety 30 May 11 When a mob scene is shown a carefully rehearsed crowd..will be present to make the appropriate noises. 1975 Guardian Weekly 2 Aug. 20 Her sleazo routines seem half-rehearsed. 1991 Atlantic Oct. 72/1 Shakespeare had the power to make a well-rehearsed actor seem spontaneous, even unpredictable. 2006 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Oct. (M section) 8 The band launched into a semi-rehearsed version of Little Eva's 1962 chestnut The Locomotion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1443 |
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