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peer1

Pronunciation: /pɪə/
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Definition of peer

verb

[no object, with adverbial]
  • look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something:Faye peered at her with suspicion
  • be just visible:the towers peer over the roofs
  • [no object] archaic come into view; appear: for yet a many of your horsemen peer

Origin:

late 16th century: perhaps a variant of dialect pire or perhaps partly from a shortening of appear

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