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overpeer

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)

1

verb

Meaning 1

To peer over; to overlook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1906, Arthur Quiller-Couch (under the pseudonym “Q”), The Mayor of Troy, London: Methuen, Chapter 1, p. 16, In Admirals’ Row [...] Miss Sally Tregentil would overpeer her blind and draw back in a flutter lest the Major had observed her.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To rise above.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • 1896, Charles G. D. Roberts, The Forge in the Forest, Boston: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Part I, Foreward, p. 12, These patches are but meagre second growth, with here and there a gnarled birch or overpeering pine, lonely survivor of the primeval brotherhood.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From over- + peer.