The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REARED which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2013.
Acted as parent to crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REARED | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Acted as parent to
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Crossword Answer definitions
REARED verb- To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- To rise up on the hind legs
- (usually with "up") To get angry.
- To rise high above, tower above.
- To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- To construct by building; to set up
- To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- To lift and take up.
- To rouse; to strip up.
- To move; stir.
- (of geese) To carve.
- (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- To sodomize (perform anal sex)
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