† reere Obs. rare.
Also 4 rere.
[Of obscure origin, perh. related to roar v., but cf. also rear n.1]
Noise, shouting; a shout.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10207 Alle þe ernes..Schul crie & ȝelle, & make rere. 1567 Golding Ovid's Met. xiii. (1593) 320 These words were spoke with such a reere as verie well became An angrie Giant. 1571 ― Calvin on Ps. xvii. 1 Hypocrites make stout bragges, and lift up their voyce with lowd reere, in token of affiance. |