anear
Americanadverb
preposition
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anear
1725–35; a- (semantically empty, perhaps by analogy with afar; cf. apast) + near
Example Sentences
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O Palinure, what godless mind hath gotten hold of thee, That thou the grim Well-willers' stream and Stygian flood wouldst see Unburied, and unbidden still the brim wilt draw anear?
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
I didn't know you till you pushed anear me.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
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.
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Why, I wouldn’t be surprised a bit ef you would try to make out that you wasn’t anear any fire today.
From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Munsey, Frank Andrew
There she stands, a-gazing at you with a far-off look in her eyes, as though you were on the other side of the Kentucky river, and not a living thing anear you.
From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison
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