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▪ I. compear
obs. f. compeer n.
▪ II. compear, v. Sc.|kəmˈpɪə(r)|
Forms: 5–7 compere, 5–8 compeir, (6 ? compare, 7 compeer), 6– compear.
[a. F. compar-oir (pres. t., now obs., compere) to appear formally before a tribunal:—L. compārē-re to be present, appear, f. com- together, with + pārēre to appear. Cf. appear.]
†1. To appear, make one's appearance, present oneself, show one's face, esp. at a formal assembly.
c1470Harding Chron. lxxvii. i, On y⊇ morowe Galaad & other knightes Afore the kynge by one assent compered. 1533Bellenden Livy iv. (1822) 320 All the princis of the ciete comperit to this convencioun. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. xii. vi. (Jam.), Ylk man began to feir his life, and durst nocht compeir quhare Makbeth was. a1605Montgomerie Navigatioun 136 Our Maister soon his lyttil vhissell cheird; His mariners incontinent compeird. c1661Marquis of Argyle Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 29/2 Requesting them..to compeer suddenly in this kingdom.
2. spec. Sc. Law. To appear in a court, as a party to a cause, either in person or by counsel.
c1450Henryson Mor. Fab., Tale of Dog 13 Schir Scheip, I charge thee straitly to compeir. 1563Lett. Sc. Ministers in Abp. Parker's Corr. (1853) 206 Summon, charge and warn the foresaid Anne to compere before the said Superintendants. 1587Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §38 Procuratours may compeir for all persons accused. 1637Gillespie Eng.-Pop. Cerem. iv. ii. 3 We must all compeare before the judgment seat of Christ. 1647H. More Song of Soul ii. ii. ii. xxviii, But what shall steer The erring senses? where shall they compear In controversie? 1671True Nonconf. 449 The Prince of Orange, being cited and not compearing, his Estate and Lands ar seised on. 1786in Lockhart Scott (1839) I. 179 Compeared Walter Scott and presented an indenture dated 31st March last entered into between him and Walter Scott his son. 1865Daily Tel. 8 July, At Glasgow the twenty-second day of March eighteen hundred and sixty-five years. In presence of Sir Archibald Alison, Baronet, advocate, Sheriff of Lanarkshire. Compeared a prisoner, who..declares and says, etc.
†3. ‘To appear, to be made manifest’ (Jam.).
1533Bellenden Livy (1822) 90 (Jam.) The tressoun aganis thaime comparit..that he wes condampnit to de.
Hence compearing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1637Gillespie Eng.-Pop. Cerem. iii. viii. 178 These circumstances might serve the more to justify Ambrose his not compearing. Mod. Sc. Law. The compearing defender. |