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compeering

compeering is the present participle and gerund of compeer.

Meaning of compeer

Verb

compeer (third-person singular simple present compeers, present participle compeering, simple past and past participle compeered)

  1. To be equal with; to match.
    • In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Questions about compeering

What is compeering the present participle and gerund of?
Compeering is the present participle and gerund of compeer.

Words near compeering in the dictionary

  1. Compeau
  2. Compeaus
  3. comped
  4. compeer
  5. compeered
  6. compeering
  7. compeers
  8. compel
  9. compel testimony
  10. compellable
  11. compellably

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