Definition of peter
intransitive verb
1 : to diminish gradually and come to an end : give out —usually used with out novelists whose creative impetus seems largely to have petered out — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
2 : to become exhausted —usually used with out
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Origin and Etymology of peter
origin unknown
Origin and Etymology of peter
from the name Peter
Peter
playDefinition of Peter
1 : a fisherman of Galilee and one of the twelve apostles
2 : either of two hortatory letters written to early Christians and included as books of the New Testament — see bible table
Origin and Etymology of peter
Late Latin Petrus, from Greek Petros, from petra rock
Peter
playDefinition of Peter
circa 1050–1115 the Hermit French preacher of the 1st Crusade
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