anear
Americanadverb
preposition
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anear
1725–35; a- (semantically empty, perhaps by analogy with afar; cf. apast) + near
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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 Hattie Tyng Griswold
I was mighty downhearted; so I made up my mind I wouldn't ever go anear that house again, because I reckoned I was to blame, somehow.
From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Mark Twain
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 William Morris
“It would pay you well,” persisted the old fence; “say about seven to ten thousand dollars each every year, and you needn’t come anear it—just take your dividends every week, and that’s all.”
From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Frank Andrew Munsey
But the shadow drew anear them, 'Twas a man in sable mantle.
From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine
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