[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rear \rear\, v. t. imp.  p. p. reared r=erd; p. pr. 
   vb. n. rearing. as. r=aeran to raise, rear, elevate,
   for r=aesan, causative of rimacsan to rise. see rise,
   and cf. raise.
   1. to raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect,
      etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.
      1913 webster

            in adoration at his feet i fell
            submiss; he reared me.                --milton.
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            it reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --barrow.
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            mine shall be the first hand to rear her banner.
                                                  --ld. lytton.
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   2. to erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear
      defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of
      another.
      1913 webster

            one reared a font of stone.           --tennyson.
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   3. to lift and take up. obs. or r.
      1913 webster

            and having her from trompart lightly reared,
            upon his courser set the lovely load. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   4. to bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to
      instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
      1913 webster

            he wants a father to protect his youth,
            and rear him up to virtue.            --southern.
      1913 webster

   5. to breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
      1913 webster

   6. to rouse; to stir up. obs.
      1913 webster

            and seeks the tusky boar to rear.     --dryden.
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   syn: to lift; elevate; erect; raise; build; establish. see
        the note under raise, 3
      c .
          1913 webster
see also:
reared rearing rise raise 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rearing
     adj : rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head
           usually in profile; "a lion rampant" syn: rampantip
     n 1: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were
          treated as a child syn: raising, nurture
     2: raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
        "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
        important" syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage,
         nurture, raising, upbringing
see also:
rampantip raising nurture breeding bringing up fostering 
fosterage upbringing 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

100 moby thesaurus words for "rearing":
   anabatic, apotheosis, apprenticeship, ascendant, ascending,
   ascensional, ascensive, ascent, assumption, basic training,
   beatification, bolt upright, breaking, breeding, canonization,
   climbing, conditioning, cultivation, deification, development,
   discipline, downright, drill, drilling, elevation, enshrinement,
   erect, erecting, erection, escalation, exaltation, exercise,
   fetching-up, fostering, green thumb, grooming, growing, heaving up,
   height, housebreaking, improvement, in the ascendant,
   in-service training, leaping, lifting, lofting, manual training,
   military training, mounting, nurture, nurturing,
   on-the-job training, practice, preparation, raising, rampant,
   readying, rehearsal, rising, saltatory, scandent, scansorial,
   skyrocketing, sloyd, spiraling, springing, stand-up,
   standing on end, standing up, sursum corda, training, uparching,
   upbringing, upbuoying, upcast, upcoming, upended, upgoing, upgrade,
   upheaval, uphill, uphillward, uplift, uplifting, upping, upraised,
   upraising, upreared, uprearing, upright, uprising, upsloping,
   upstanding, upthrow, upthrust, upward, upwith, vertical,
   vocational education, vocational training

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