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• rear- — comb. form, partly of OF. or AF. origin, as in rear ward, guard, rearsupper (and hence by analogy in rear admiral, feast, freight), partly ad. F. arrière , as in rear vassal, vault, and partly (from c 1600) an attributive use of rear n …   Useful english dictionary

• rear-end — /rear end /, v.t. 1. to drive a vehicle or other conveyance so as to strike the back end of (another vehicle): My car was rear ended by another driver on the highway. 2. (of a moving vehicle or other conveyance) to strike the back end of (another …   Universalium

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