Verb

(calculat)

(mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

(mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.

(intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.

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To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.

* (William Shakespeare)

A cunning man did calculate my birth.

To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.

* Archbishop Tillotson

[Religion] is calculated for our benefit.

Verb

(rehears)

To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

There's no need to rehearse the same old argument; we've heard it before, and we all agree.

To narrate; to relate; to tell.

The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.

To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy .

The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.

To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.

The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.

* Charles Dickens

He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her.