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   Peer , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. paraître to appear, L. parere. Cf. Appear.]
   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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   [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.]
   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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   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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   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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