rehear

R1E1H4E1A1R1

verb

To hear again.

“The court will rehear the case on Monday.”

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retry
OriginEnglish hear ← Middle English heren ← Old English hīeran →
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Meanings

verbrehear (third-person singular simple present rehears, present participle rehearing, simple past and past participle reheard)

present singular third person rehears · participle present rehearing · participle past reheard · past reheard

  1. transitiveTo hear again.
  2. transitiveTo try (a lawsuit, etc.) again judicially.

    The court will rehear the case on Monday.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbhear or try a court case anew

Similar
retry
Broader
heartry
Also see
retry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  9. Proto-Germanic*hauzijaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*hauʀijan
  11. Old Englishhīeran
  12. Middle Englishheren
  13. Englishhear
  14. Englishrehear

From re- + hear.

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Translations

French réentendre
  • réentendreto hear again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

hearer
Cite this entry
APA

rehear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehear

MLA

“rehear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehear. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rehear,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehear.

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