Rear

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv Early; soon.

II. Rear ·vt To lift and take up.

III. Rear ·vt To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.

IV. Rear ·vt To Rouse; to stir up.

V. Rear ·vt To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

VI. Rear ·vi To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.

VII. Rear ·adj Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.

VIII. Rear ·noun The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order;

— opposed to front.

IX. Rear ·noun Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

X. Rear ·vt To Raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, ·etc.; to Elevate; as, to rear a monolith.

XI. Rear ·vt To erect by building; to set up; to Construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.

XII. Rear ·vt To bring up to maturity, as young; to Educate; to Instruct; to Foster; as, to rear offspring.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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