reren

Middle English

/ˈrɛːrən/, /ˈreːrən/

verb
Definitions
  • To raise; to hold or pull up or suspend upwards:
  • To construct or make; to cause the construction of something:
  • To create, or generate something:
  • To collect money, taxes or fines; to enforce taxation.
  • To call up or draft soldiers; to form an army.
  • To encourage, popularise or spread; to enhance or extol.
  • To help or aid; to nurse, heal or make hale.
  • To unfurl a symboled piece of fabric or a standard.
  • (rare) To protest; to refuse to work.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English rǣran (raise, create, cause to rise, stir up, rear, set upright, give rise to, exalt, excite, build, promote, arouse, begin, rouse) derived from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*raisijaną

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