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Peer (pēr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. paraître to appear, L. parere.  Cf. Appear.]
    1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic]

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    So honor peereth in the meanest habit. Shak.

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    See how his gorget peers above his gown! B. Jonson.

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    2. [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren.  Cf. Pry to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, “the peering day”.  Milton.

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    Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. Shak.

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    As if through a dungeon grate he peered. Coleridge.

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Peer, n. [OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal.  Cf. Apparel, Pair, Par, n., Umpire.]
    1. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.

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    In song he never had his peer. Dryden.

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    Shall they consort only with their peers? I. Taylor.

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    2. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.

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    He all his peers in beauty did surpass. Spenser.

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    3. A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, “a peer of the realm”.

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    A noble peer of mickle trust and power. Milton.

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    House of Peers, The Peers, the British House of Lords. See Parliament. -- Spiritual peers, the bishops and archibishops, or lords spiritual, who sit in the House of Lords.

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Peer v. t. To make equal in rank. [R.]  Heylin.

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Peer v. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.]

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