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Rear v. t. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. (R.)

Rear v. t. (past & past part. reared; pres. part. rearing)

To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. "In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me." "It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts." "Mine (shall be) the first hand to rear her banner."

To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another. "One reared a font of stone."

To lift and take up. (Obs. or R.) "And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his courser set the lovely load."

To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring. "He wants a father to protect his youth, And rear him up to virtue."

To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.

To rouse; to stir up. (Obs.) "And seeks the tusky boar to rear."

Synonyms: To lift; elevate; erect; raise; build; establish. See the Note under Raise, 3 (c).

Rear v. i. To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.

Rearing bit, a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing.

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"Rearing" Quotes from Famous Books

... flagstaff in the center of the parade ground. How he could say one word, or even open his mouth, I do not understand, for the air was thick with gritty dirt. The horses were frantic, of course, whirling around each other, rearing and pulling, in their efforts ...

— Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 • Frances M.A. Roe

... rider as much as his rider tried him out. All of Daylight's horse knowledge and horse sense was called into play, while Bob, in turn, worked every trick in his lexicon. Discovering that his martingale had more slack in it than usual, he proceeded to give an exhibition of rearing and hind-leg walking. After ten hopeless minutes of it, Daylight slipped off and tightened the martingale, whereupon Bob gave an exhibition of ...

— Burning Daylight • Jack London

... behind her, slipped growling down the tree, rending deep furrows in it as she slipped. Gerard ran back to his tree and climbed it swiftly. But while his legs were dangling some eight feet from the ground, the bear came rearing and struck with her fore paw, and out flew a piece of bloody cloth from Gerard's hose. He climbed, and climbed; and presently he heard as it were in the air a voice say, "Go out on the bough!" He looked, and there was a long massive branch before him shooting upwards at a slight angle: ...

— The Cloister and the Hearth • Charles Reade

... the younger son grew up, it certainly was evident that Cleveland did understand him better than his own father did; and so, as I have before said, on Cleveland the father was not displeased passively to shift the responsibility of the rearing. ...

— Ernest Maltravers, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... despair, however. He took two natives home with him, taught them all about the cultivation of maize, and the rearing of pigs; and pork is now as popular in New Zealand as it is in Cincinnati. You can hardly take a walk without meeting a mother-pig and a lot of squealing piglets; and people pet them more than they ever did or ever will in their native lands. ...

— Holiday Stories for Young People • Various

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