Chapter Realizable to Reason of R by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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 stir 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).

Rear
(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. Knight.

Reardorse
(Rear"dorse Rear"doss) (- dos), n. A reredos.

Rearer
(Rear"er) n. One who, or that which, rears.

Reargue
(Re*ar"gue) v. t. To argue anew or again.

Reargument
(Re*ar"gu*ment) n. An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.

Rear-horse
(Rear"-horse`) n. [So called because it rears up when disturbed.] (Zoöl.) A mantis.

Rearly
(Rear"ly), adv. Early. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Rearmost
(Rear"most`) a. Farthest in the rear; last.

Rearmouse
(Rear"mouse`, Rere"mouse`) (-mous`), n. [AS. hreremus; probably fr. hreran to agitate, stir (akin to G. rühren, Icel. hræra) + mus mouse.] (Zoöl.) The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.]

Rearrange
(Re`ar*range") v. t. To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.

Rearrangement
(Re`ar*range"ment) n. The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.

Rearward
(Rear"ward`) n. [Rear + ward.] The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively. Shak.

Rearward
(Rear"ward) a. & adv. At or toward the rear.

Reascend
(Re`as*cend") v. i. To rise, mount, or climb again.

Reascend
(Re`as*cend"), v. t. To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again.

He mounts aloft, and reascends the skies.

Addison.

Reascension
(Re`as*cen"sion) n. The act of reascending; a remounting.

Reascent
(Re`as*cent") n. A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity. Cowper.

Reason
(Rea"son) n. [OE. resoun, F. raison, fr. L. ratio (akin to Goth. raþjo number, account, garaþjan to count, G. rede speech, reden to speak), fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think. Cf. Arraign, Rate, Ratio, Ration.]