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arears

arears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of arear.

Meaning of arear

Verb

arear (third-person singular simple present arears, present participle arearing, simple past and past participle areared)

  1. (obsolete) To raise or erect, to set up or stir up.

Questions about arears

What is arears the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Arears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of arear.

Words near arears in the dictionary

  1. areaorama
  2. areaoramas
  3. arear
  4. areared
  5. arearing
  6. arears
  7. areas
  8. areas of influence
  9. areas of occupancy
  10. areata
  11. areaway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arears (page history and authors); arear (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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