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rar⋅ing

[rair-ing]
–adjective Informal.
very eager or anxious; enthusiastic: raring to go.

Origin:
1905–10; rare 3 + -ing 2
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rare

3[rair]
–verb (used without object), rared, rar⋅ing. Older Use.
rear 2 (def. 6).
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rar·ing   (râr'ĭng)   
adj.   Informal
Full of eagerness; enthusiastic.

[Present participle of dialectal rare, to rear, variant of rear2.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

rare  (v.)
"rise up," 1833, dialectal variant of rear (v.). Sense of "eager" (in raring to go) first recorded 1909.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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