Rare Definition
(US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
Other Word Forms of Rare
Adjective
Origin of Rare
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From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon"), from Latin rārus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent"), from Proto-Indo-European *er(e)-, *rÄ“- (“friable, thin"). Replaced native Middle English gesen ("rare, scarce"; from Old English gÇ£sne), Middle English seld ("rare, uncommon"; from Old English selden), and Middle English seldsene ("rare, rarely seen, infrequent"; from Old Norse sialdsÄ“nn; See seldsome).
From Wiktionary
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From a dialectal variant of rear, from Middle English rere, from Old English hrÄ“r, hrÄ“re (“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled"), from hrÄ“ran (“to move, shake, agitate"), from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijanÄ… (“to stir"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱera-, *ḱrā- (“to mix, stir, cook"). Related to Old English hrōr (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave"). More at rear.
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Middle English rere lightly boiled from Old English hrēr kerə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French from Latin rārus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
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Variant of rear.
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