peer1

 
Pronunciation: /pɪə/

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