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compear

compear verb: to appear before.

Verb

compear (third-person singular simple present compears, present participle compearing, simple past and past participle compeared)

  1. (obsolete) To appear before.
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) To appear before a judge in court, either in person or acting as an attorney.

Forms of compear

third-person singular presentcompears
present participlecompearing
past participlecompeared
pastcompeared
alternative formcompeer
alternative formcompeir

Questions about compear

What does compear mean?
Compear means to appear before.
What part of speech is compear?
Compear is a verb.
What is the past tense of compear?
The past tense of compear is compeared.

Words near compear in the dictionary

  1. compd.
  2. compds
  3. compds.
  4. Compean
  5. Compeans
  6. compear
  7. compearance
  8. compearances
  9. compearant
  10. compearants
  11. compeared

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