Roar

ier, n. the buck ui hindmost part; the last pan ol an army or licet. - ». Rear-ad'mlral. an officer of the third rank, who commands the tear — division of a fleet n. Rear'-gu , troops which — ptotid the rear of an army. u. Rear'-railk, the /undermost tank of a body of troops —n. Rearwaid, Rero ward, the rear-guard. [O. Kr. furr-L retro beliuid, from te, hack, and siilhx /to, denoting motion Rear. r*/. {ortg to raise: to bring up to maturity to educate to stir up ~-v to rise on the hinJ-l« gs, a* a hor.se. A.S. ratrau, to raise, the causal of Rise Rearmouse. Sana* as Reremousc Reason, 11/411, u. that which supports or justifies an act, Ac a motive: proof, excuse cause: the faculty of the by wlmh man draws coiicln '•unis, and dctei mines light and truth: the cxcreise of reason: jn-a view of things; right coiiihn pro]>riety. justice -7'./. to evercise tlie faculty of cas on; to deduce inferences fiom ptemtses* to argue: to debate: 11 to con ve 'C.—v to examine or discu ; to debate to pcisuade by icasonuig —m Rea's oner —By reason of, on account of: in consequence of. [Lit. ‘a calculation/ rais on —L. ratio, — ration is rear, ratus, to calculate, to think. Reasonable, rcVun-a-bl, adj endowed With reason: rational acting accoidnig to reason: agreeable to reason just not exce ive moderate.— adv. Reasonably —n Reasonablene . Reasoning, re'/unntg, n act of reasoning that which is offered in argument course ot argumerit.