Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overpeer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-peer
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To peer over; to overlook.

verb

Example Sentences

"[…] the English, in the suburbs close intrench’d, Wont, through a secret grate of iron bars In yonder tower, to overpeer the city, And thence discover how with most advantage They may vex us with shot, or with assault."
"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."
"The ocean, overpeering of his list, Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste Than Young Laertes, in a riotous head, O’erbears Your offices."
"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."

Etymology

From over- + peer.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

overpeers (present, singular) overpeering (participle, present) overpeered (participle, past) overpeered (past)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does overpeer mean?: To peer over; to overlook.
Where does overpeer come from?: From over- + peer.

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