OVERPEER

Etymology

Verb

overpeer (third-person singular simple present overpeers, present participle overpeering, simple past and past participle overpeered)

To peer over.

(figuratively) To rise above.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*peer", v. t.

Definition: To peer over; to rise above.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COMMISERATIVE

(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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