/up rear"/ , v.t.
1. to raise up; lift: The horse upreared its head and whinnied.
2. to build; erect: to uprear a monument in stone.
3. to elevate the dignity of; exalt: God upreared Abraham by making him the father of many nations.
4. to bring up; rear: to uprear children in a good environment.
v.i.
5. to rise.
[ 1250-1300; ME upreren. See UP-, REAR 2 ]