anear
Americanadverb
preposition
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Origin of anear
1725–35; a- (semantically empty, perhaps by analogy with afar; apast ) + near
Example Sentences
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Field breezes mingle with the oil and tar, And with a shudder I behold anear The solid weed-hung timbers of the pier.
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The measure of misery anear us.
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He was posted at the side of this creature who had fascinated him from afar and terrified him anear, and whose last name he did not yet know.
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If it wasn't for the contract I have for the soldiers' barracks and the sergeant's good word, I wouldn't go anear it.
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Anear, a-nēr′, adv. nearly: near.—prep. near.—v.t. to approach, to come near to.
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