rear

REAR, noun 1. In a general sense, that which is behind or backwards; appropriately, the part of an army which is behind the other, either when standing on parade or when marching; also, the part of a fleet which is behind the other. It is opposed to front or van. Bring up the rear 2. The last class; the last in order. Coins I place in the rear In the rear behind the rest; backward, or in the last class. In this phrase, rear signifies the part or place behind. REAR, adjective 1. Raw; rare; not well roasted or boiled. 2. Early. [A provincial word.] REAR, verb transitive 1. To raise. Who now shall rear you to the sun, or rank your tribes? 2. To lift after a fall. In adoration at his feet I fell submiss; he rear'd me. 3. To bring up or to raise to maturity, as young; as, to rear a numerous offspring. 4. To educate; to instruct. He wants a father to protect his youth, and rear him up to virtue. 5. To exalt; to elevate. Charity, decent, modest, easy, kind, softens the high, and rears the abject mind. 6. To rouse; to stir up. And seeks the tusky boar to rear 7. To raise; to breed; as cattle. 8. To achieve; to obtain. To rear the steps, to ascend; to move upward.