Defn: See Arear. [Obs.] Ellis.
AREST
A*rest", n.
Defn: A support for the spear when couched for the attack. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
ARET
A*ret", v. t. Etym: [OE. aretten, OF. areter; a (L. ad) + OF. reter,
L. reputare. See Repute.]
Defn: To reckon; to ascribe; to impute. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ARETAICS
Ar`e*ta"ics, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; — contrasted with eudemonics. J. Grote.
ARETE A`rête", n. [F., lit., a sharp fish bone, ridge, sharp edge, fr. L. arista beard of grain.] (Geog.)
Defn: An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.
ARETOLOGY
Ar`e*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. arétologie.]