different between arear vs arrear
arear
English
Etymology
See arrear (adverb).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Adverb
arear (comparative more arear, superlative most arear)
- backward; in or to the rear; behindhand
Verb
arear (third-person singular simple present arears, present participle arearing, simple past and past participle areared)
- To raise; to set up; to stir up.
Portuguese
Verb
arear (first-person singular present indicative areio, past participle areado)
- (transitive) to sand (to abrade with sand or sandpaper)
- (transitive) to sand (to cover with sand)
Conjugation
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arrear
English
Etymology
From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, ariere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (“to the rear”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?????/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Adverb
arrear (comparative more arrear, superlative most arrear)
- (obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards. [14th-16th c.]
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Virgil's Gnat, ll. 465-8:
- She, (Ladie) having well before approoved / The feends to be too cruell and severe, / Observ'd th' appointed way, as her behooved, / Ne ever did her ey-sight turne arere [...].
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Virgil's Gnat, ll. 465-8:
- (obsolete) Behind time; overdue. [15th-19th c.]
- 1803, Edward Hyde East, Reports of cases Argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench, London 1814, vol. 3, p. 559:
- In case the annuity should be arrear for sixty days being lawfully demanded, then the trustee might enter upon the premises assigned [...].
- 1803, Edward Hyde East, Reports of cases Argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench, London 1814, vol. 3, p. 559:
Noun
arrear (plural arrears)
- Work to be done, obligation.
- November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten
- I have a large arrear of letters to write.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula
- My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off.
- November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten
- Unpaid debt.
- That which is in the rear or behind.
Translations
Portuguese
Etymology
Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *arred?re (“arrange, provide”), from Gothic.
Verb
arrear (first-person singular present indicative arreio, past participle arreado)
- (transitive) to harness (to place a harness on something)
- Synonym: aparelhar
Conjugation
Derived terms
- arreio
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *arred?re (“arrange, provide”), from Gothic *???????????????? (*r?þs, “advice”). Cognate with English array. Less likely from arre +? -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /are?a?/, [a.re?a?]
Verb
arrear (first-person singular present arreo, first-person singular preterite arreé, past participle arreado)
- to urge
- to harness
- to drive (cattle), herd
Conjugation
Further reading
- “arrear” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
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