Not sure these will help, but here are some definitions:
- Rear: bring up, raise, care for, nurture, take care of, tend to, look after, watch over; to bring up and care for young animals or children until they are fully grown.
- Raise: bring up, educate, nurture, rear; to look after somebody as or like a parent, while he or she is growing up.
The first seems a bit more caring (tend to, watch over) and includes “until they are fully grown.” The second sounds slightly more formal (educate) and includes “while...growing up.” There is a discernable difference between the two ideas.
Thank you Barbara. The fact that 'to rear' is a bit more caring (and includes 'until fully grown') than 'to raise' fits to the added 'mostly' in the movie. This supports my theory that movieEnnis was handed around among different relatives. (yeah, I know, sometimes a cigar...but I don't believe in cigars
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This adds to the statement which we have already made on various threads that movieEnnis is even more "screwed up" than storyEnnis.
