Middle English Dictionary Entry
ap(p)ēren v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | ap(p)ēren v.(2) |
| Etymology | From OF aper-, apair-, tonic stem of aparier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To be the equal or peer (of sb.); be comparable; -- with to or with phrase.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)13 : Apperyn: Appareo, compareo.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)36.480 : [After a miraculous healing] seide the peple..that he [Ypocras] to god Aperede.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)273 : Al thise mowe nat suffise To apperen [vrr. apere, compere] wyth my lady in no wyse.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)220 : The goddesse Proserpyne..To hir beaute ne myght appere.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)276 : Ye sumwhat the snowe wolde ther to apere In a frosty mone.