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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peer  \Peer\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Peered};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Peering}.]  [OF.  parir,  pareir  equiv.  to  F.  para[^i]tre  to 
  appear,  L.  parere.  Cf  {Appear}.] 
  1.  To  come  in  sight;  to  appear.  [Poetic] 
 
  So  honor  peereth  in  the  meanest  habit.  --Shak. 
 
  See  how  his  gorget  peers  above  his  gown!  --B. 
  Jonson 
 
  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. 
 
  Peering  in  maps  for  ports,  and  piers,  and  roads. 
  --Shak. 
 
  As  if  through  a  dungeon  grate  he  peered. 
  --Coleridge.




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