Read full poem →Yet sacred keep his friendships, and his ease.
Blest peer! his great forefathers' every grace
Reflecting, and reflected in his race;
Dictionary Entry
To look curiously or with difficulty, often at someone or something that is not easily seen.
In a Sentence
“She had to peer through the dusty window to see if anyone was home.”
Origin
From Middle English 'peren', from Old French 'parer' meaning 'to look at'.
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Poetry examples for “peer”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The Peer now spreads the glittering forfex wide,
To inclose the lock; now joins it to divide.
Read full poem →And with eyes suddenly altered,
I peer into an office I do not know,
And wonder at a startled face that penetrates my own.
Read full poem →Oh who but Maude, my sister Maude,
Who lurked to spy and peer.
Read full poem →'Will you not walk with us, dear Fred?'
She moves, indeed, the modest peer
Of all the proudest ladies here.
Read full poem →And brings it to LeRoy, is taking proofs;
Lets doctors cut the body, probe and peer
To find the cause of death.
Read full poem →Middle of June, and nothing growing;
The gardeners peer and scratch their heads
And drop their sweat on the tulip-beds,
Read full poem →And since I could not find a peer to you,
Neither one so fair, nor of such heart,
Read full poem →And with eyes suddenly altered,
I peer into an office I do not know,
And wonder at a startled face that penetrates my own.