† Arear 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- pref. 1 up, out + rǽran to REAR. In 15–17th c. the r was corruptly doubled: see AR- pref.² 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 daʓon?

1250.  Lay., 26222. And radde ȝam bitwine; 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. 900[?].  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.

a. 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, honorable position, or estimation, mental or moral condition, etc.; to exalt.

c. 885.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xi. 67. Hie ne maʓon hiera ʓeðohtes 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 dæʓe.

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.

a. 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.  Maundev., 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.

c. 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.