underpeer
underpeer verb: to look beneath something.
Verb
underpeer (third-person singular simple present underpeers, present participle underpeering, simple past and past participle underpeered)
- To look beneath something.
- Midsommer pageants in London, where to make the people wonder, are set forth great and uglie gyants marching as if they were alive, and armed at all points, but within they are stuffed full of browne paper and tow, which the shrewd boyes, underpeering, do guilefully discover, and turne to a greate...1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, volume 3, page 128
Forms of underpeer
| third-person singular present | underpeers |
|---|---|
| present participle | underpeering |
| past participle | underpeered |
| past | underpeered |
Origin of underpeer
From under- + peer.
Questions about underpeer
- What does underpeer mean?
- Underpeer means to look beneath something.
- What part of speech is underpeer?
- Underpeer is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underpeer?
- The past tense of underpeer is underpeered.
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