v. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make equal in rank. [ R. ] Heylin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal. Cf. Apparel, Pair, Par, n., Umpire. ]
In song he never had his peer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shall they consort only with their peers? I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
He all his peers in beauty did surpass. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
A noble peer of mickle trust and power. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
House of Peers,
The Peers
Spiritual peers,
v. i.
So honor peereth in the meanest habit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
See how his gorget peers above his gown! B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
As if through a dungeon grate he peered. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Peer an equal, and cf. Parage. ]
When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Peerage; also, a lordship. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by right of marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative. “Her peerless feature.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Unvailed her peerless light. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Same as Peart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Pewit (