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or tail end, fag end, caboose; (of the head) Anat. occiput, (of the neck) nape, (of the neck) scruff.
2. buttocks, rump, posterior, fundament, hindquarters, hinder parts, (of animals) croup; (all of humans) Inf. backside, Inf. behind, Inf. fanny. See - buttocks.
3. bring up the rear follow behind, lag behind, come in last, get the booby prize.
rear2, v. 1. raise, bring up, parent, nurture, nurse, Dial, fetch up; foster, develop, take in hand, bring along, develop, train, educate, instruct; cultivate, breed, groom, fit, form.
2. erect, build, put up, construct, put together, run up, fabricate, fashion, frame, Inf. slap together, Inf. whomp together, Inf. throw together.
3. raise upright, upraise, set up, put or stand up, upright, upend, stand on end, set [s.t.] on its feet or legs or base.
4. elevate, escalate, raise up, loft, hoist, lift, boost, uplift, hold up.
5. rear up, arise, uprise, rise on the hind legs, sit up; stand on tiptoe.
6. Often
rear up bristle, bristle up, get one's back up, Inf see red, SI. get hot under the collar, Inf do a slow burn; let one's anger rise, get one's blood up, Inf. get one's dander or Irish up, Inf. get mad; stiffen up, rise in anger, bridle up, bridle.
7. rise, tower, loom, bulk, command, dominate, rise or tower above, look down upon or over, overshadow; soar, spire, soar into the clouds.
reason, n. 1. basis, cause, ground, grounds, motive, warrant, occasion, Obs. skill; inducement, inspiration, impetus, incentive; mover, prime mover, agent; instigation, incitement, provocation; stimulation, actuation, fomentation.
2. justification, vindication, excuse, explanation, rationalization; reason why, why, underlying reason, why and wherefore, Inf. whyfor; pretense, pretext.
3. clarification, illumination, enlightenment, enucleation, elucidation; interpretation, exegesis, exposition, explication; illustration, allegorization, demonstration.
4. intellect, understanding, intelligence, mind, mentality; comprehension, Gk. Philos, nous, conception, cognition, recognition, apprehension, intuition; perception, percipience, insight, intellectuality; discernment, perspicacity, penetration, brainpower.
5. sense, good sense, common sense, brains, parts, Sl. smarts; reasonableness, rationality, logicalness, sensibleness, sensibility; wisdom, sagacity, shrewdness, astuteness, Sl. savvy, keenness; long-headedness, hard-headedness, acuity, quickness, sharpness.
6. premise, logic, thinking, reasoning, understanding; argumentation, argument, contention; analysis, synthesis, epistemology, dialectics; theory, thesis, hypothesis, account.
7. by reason of on account of, because of, due to the fact that, due to, owing to, by virtue of, as a result of.
8. within reason justifiable, reasonable, sensible, rational, in reason; proper, fitting, acceptable, allowable, warrantable, within bounds, within limits.
9. with reason properly, fittingly, accordingly; justifiably, in all reason, just so, logically.
-v. 10. think, logicize, explain, explicate; philosophize, syllogize, analyze, intellectualize; ratiocinate, use reason, use one's head, put on one's thinking cap; cogitate, excogitate, cerebrate, muse; ponder, deliberate, contemplate, reflect, ruminate.
11. discuss, argue, debate, moot, talk over; confer with, exchange views, examine, analyze, review, pass in review; deliberate upon, sit down together, take up with, Sl. rap about, Sl. kick around; consider, treat, study, deal with, thresh out.
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