[ usually passive ] to give a person or an animal a particular type of food, entertainment, etc. while they are young :
I was the son of sailors and reared on stories of the sea.
[ usually passive ] to give a person or an animal a particular type of food, entertainment, etc. while they are young :
I was the son of sailors and reared on stories of the sea.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005