oprichten — meaning in English

English meaning

• establish verb To set something up so firmly that it becomes permanent or generally accepted.
• rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.

Senses

oprichten is used for these senses in English:

• establish (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
• rear (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
• rear (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.

establish — full definition

1. verb To set something up so firmly that it becomes permanent or generally accepted.
2. verb To prove or show that something is true, using evidence.

rear — full definition

1. verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
2. verb Of a horse, to rise up on its hind legs.
3. noun The back part of something, or the position behind everything else.
4. adj Located at the back.

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