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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I didn't know you till you pushed anear me.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Though elsewhere trouble might be rife, It would not come anear them.
From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene
The cup of dole God gave for baptism, I am fain to drink, And praise its sweetness, sweet with thee anear.
From Home Life of Great Authors by Griswold, Hattie Tyng
I know by the hills," she resumed calm and clear, "By the beauty upon them, that HE is anear: Did they ever look so since he bade me adieu?
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
The people of the Gaeldom of to-day are anear perishing for lack of the famous feats of their fathers.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans
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