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rearer

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rear 2   (rîr)   
v.   reared, rear·ing, rears

v.   tr.
  1. To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up.

  2. To lift upright; raise.

  3. To build; erect.

  4. To tend (growing plants or animals).

v.   intr.
  1. To rise on the hind legs, as a horse.

  2. To rise high in the air; tower.


[Middle English reren, to raise, from Old English rǣran; see er-1 in Indo-European roots.]
rear'er n.
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