Obs. rare. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To equal, rival, be the compeer of.
1605. Shaks., Lear, V. iii. 69. In my rights, By me inuested, he compeeres the best.
1615. G. Sandys, Trav., 129. Elean Ioue’s proud Fane which heauen compeerd.
1839. Bailey, Festus (1848), 21/1. Sooner let the mountains bend … Than nations stoop their sky-compeering heads.
