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English Dictionary: rearing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rearing adj rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant" Synonym(s): rampant(ip), rearing n the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child Synonym(s): raising, rearing, nurture helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" Synonym(s): breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rearing}.] [AS. r[aemac]ran to raise, rear, elevate, for r[aemac]san, causative of r[c6]san to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Raise}.] 1. 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. --Milton. It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --Barrow. Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. --Ld. Lytton. 2. 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. --Tennyson. 3. To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.] And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his set the lovely load. --Spenser. 4. 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. --Southern. 5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle. 6. To rouse; to strip up. [Obs.] And seeks the tusky boar to rear. --Dryden. Syn: To lift; elevate; erect; raise, build; establish. See the Note under {Raise}, 3 (c) .