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Webster 1913 Edition


Overpeer

Oˊver-peer′

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Verb.
T.
To peer over; to rise above.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overpeer

OVERPEE'R

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Verb.
T.
To overlook; to hover over. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


overpeer

overpeer

English

Verb

overpeer (third-person singular simple present overpeers, present participle overpeering, simple past and past participle overpeered)

  1. To peer over.
  2. (figuratively) To rise above.
    The ocean, overpeering of his list (Shakespeare: Hamlet, 4.5)