▪ I. † aˈrear, v. Obs.
Forms: 1–2 arǽr-an, 2 arer-en, 3 arær-en, 3 areri, 2–6 arere, 3–6 areare, 5 areyre, 5–6 arrere, 6–7 ereare, arreare.
[OE. arǽran, f. a- prefix 1 up, out + rǽran to rear. In 15–17th c. the r was corruptly doubled: see ar- prefix2. The OE. arǽran, cogn. with Goth. urraisjan, was the causal of arise. The parallel form from ON. was araise.]
1. To raise, erect, build, rear (an edifice, etc.).
| a 800 Runic Stone in Yorksh. Arch. Jrnl. (1883) xxix. 81 Igilsuiþ arærde æfter Berhtsuiþe becun. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. John ii. 19 A-rærst þu hit on þrym daᵹon? 1250 Lay. 26222 And radde ȝam bitwine{revsc} ane castel a-reare. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 2914 Þe Galwys arered an hye. 1494 Fabyan Chron. ii. xlvii. 31 He arreryd a fayre and stronge gate. 1571 Digges Pantom. B iv, How Perpendiculares vppon any straight line are ereared. 1627 Speed Eng. Abridged ii. §10 [They] arreared a Crosse vpon Stanemore. |
2. fig. To set up, establish (an institution, etc.).
| ? a 800 O.E. Chron. an. 718 Sio Cuþburh þæt liif æt Winburnan arærode. a 1000 Andreas 1647 And æ godes riht aræred. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 93 Efter þissere bisnunge weren arerede munechene lif. c 1375 Wyclif Serm. xlv. Sel. Wks. I. 129 Goddis lawe quenchid and Anticristes arerid. a 1400 Octouian 21 Crystendom how they gonne arere. |
3. To lift up, to raise (in local position).
| c 1175 Cott. Hom. 205 Þet arerde [printed aredde] al moncun up, þet was adun a-fallen. c 1230 Ancr. R. 252 Hwon he ualleð he naueð hwo him areare. 1382 Wyclif Ex. xiv. 16 Thow forsothe arere [1388 reise] thin ȝerde. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. i, He ȝaf to men visagis arerid towarde þe sterris. c 1440 Gesta Rom. 255 He arerid vp the childe with his owne hondis. 1566 Drant Wailings Jer. K vj b, Let us arreare our handes..to God. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. vi. ii, Things down must not be dejected, but ereared. |
b. To raise (an animal) on its hind legs.
| 1622 Peacham Compl. Gent. iii. (1634) 157 Rampant is said when the Lion is arreared up in the Scotcheon. |
4. fig. in various senses: To raise in rank, honourable position, or estimation, mental or moral condition, etc.; to exalt.
| c 885 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xi. 67 Hie ne maᵹon hiera ᵹeðohtes staðol uparæran. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 115 Ðes kingges rihtwisnes arereð his kine setle. 1340 Ayenb. 85 Uirtue arereþ þane man an heȝ. 1382 Wyclif Isa. iii. 16 Arered ben the doȝtris of Sion. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. i. (1495) 48 The spyryte is areryd vp to the contemplacion of god. 1577 Hellowes Gueuara's Epist. 27 There was no man areared to honor, but he that deserued it. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. i. ii, A spiritual wing to ereare us. |
5. To raise (a shout).
| c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 3020 Þe Saraȝyns sone þat cry arereþ. c 1425 Seven Sages (P.) 497 Bot I hadde areryd cry. |
6. To raise from the dead, raise to life or health.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. John vi. 54 And ic hine arære on þam ytemestan dæᵹe. c 1175 Cott. Hom. 211 Of soule deaðe arer me. 1393 Gower Conf. III. 38 That any dede man were arered. c 1450 Lonelich Grail xxxvi. 58 Of his siknesse he did him arere. a 1520 Myrr. Our Ladye 123 The bodyes of them shal be arered to endelesse ioye. |
7. To start (a wild animal from its lair). rare.
| a 1400 Cov. Myst. 215 The hare fro the fforme we xal arere. |
8. To rouse into activity, arouse, excite, stir up.
| c 1230 Ancr. R. 426 He is euer umbe to arearen sume wreððe. c 1340 Alex. & Dind. 92 Whan þe winde..þe wawus arereth. a 1400 Cov. Myst. 132 More slawndyr we to [= two] xal arere. 1577 Holinshed Chron. I. 112/1 He arreareth battell against the Northumbers. 1603 James I in Fuller Ch. Hist. x. i. V. 277 Lest..a desperate presumption be arreared by inferring the necessary certainty of persisting in grace. 1607 Topsell Serpents 641 They arrear deadly war against strangers. |
9. To raise (a person, agent) in hostility against.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 113 He arereð his mod mid modinesse onȝein God. c 1430 Life St. Kath. (Gibbs MS.) 100 Ihesu crist shal arere aȝenst the an aduersary. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. liii. (1632) 184 In Spain against him was arreared Maximus. |
10. To raise, levy (troops).
| 1366 Mandeville v. 38 He may arrere mo than 50000 [men]. 1494 Fabyan vi. ccxi. 226 A fayre Company, that he had areyred in Oxenfordeshyre. 1579 Fenton Guicciard. v. (1599) 205 To areare a sufficient strength to oppresse the conspirators. |
11. To raise, levy (taxes, etc.).
| c 1340 Alisaunder 360 Þei þat raunson with right arere ne might. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. cxcix. 179 He lete arere a tallyage of al the goodes of Englond. 1529 Rastell Pastyme (1811) 132 He areryd grete sommys of money. 1609 Heywood Bryt. Troy xvii. lxxxiii, And arrear'd a tax of the Tenth Penny. |
12. refl. To rise, get up.
| c 1220 Leg. St. Kath. 1114 Aras, & arearde him self fram deaðe. 1340 Ayenb. 179 Arere þe and do þi wyl. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 210 Sone he arerd him after þan. |
13. intr. a. To arise, happen, occur. b. To rear, as a horse does.
| 1205 Lay. 22966 Ȝif on uolke feondscipe arereð..bitweone twon monnen. c 1330 Kyng of Tars 250 Ar eny more serwe arere. c 1430 Syr Generides 5924 The sted arerud and fel bakward. |
▪ II. arear(e
obs. form of arrear.