verb

• (transitive) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
• (transitive) To narrate; to relate; to tell.
• (transitive, intransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater
• (transitive, theater) To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
• To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.