different between compeer vs accomplice

English

Etymology

From Middle English comper, from Middle French comper, from Latin compater, compatrem. Doublet of compere as well as compadre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?p??(?)/, /k?m?p??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

compeer (plural compeers)

1. (obsolete) The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.

Verb

compeer (third-person singular simple present compeers, present participle compeering, simple past and past participle compeered)

1. To be equal with; to match.

Anagrams

• Compere, compere, compère, precome

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1580s. From Middle English accomplice, from a complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicare (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.pl?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.pl?s/, /?.?k?m.pl?s/
• Hyphenation: ac?com?plice

Noun

accomplice (plural accomplices)

1. (law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
   • 1749, Samuel Johnson, Irene

     And thou, the curst accomplice of her treason, Declare thy message, and expect thy doom

   • suspected for accomplice to the fire

2. (rare) A cooperator.

Usage notes

• Followed by with or of before a person and by in or to (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, "A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C"; or, "D was an accomplice to murder".

Synonyms

• abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.

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