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speered

speered is the simple past and past participle of speer.

Meaning of speer

Verb

speer (third-person singular simple present speers, present participle speering, simple past and past participle speered)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) to ask, to inquire
    • Afore lang days, I hope to see him here, / About his milkness and his cows to speer.1778, Alexander Ross, Helenore: Or, The Fortunate Shepherdess, page 87

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Questions about speered

What is speered the simple past and past participle of?
Speered is the simple past and past participle of speer.

Words near speered in the dictionary

  1. speels
  2. Speen
  3. Speenhamland
  4. Speenhamland system
  5. speer
  6. speered
  7. speering
  8. speerings
  9. speerit
  10. speerits
  11. speers

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