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  • verb Present participle of rear.
  • noun Act of raising young.

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  • noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
  • adjective rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile
  • noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

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