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 will leave them here, unbroken, Close beside the garden walk; Look!” she said, to Cousin Mary, “Just anear this broken stalk.”
From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Dale, Daphne
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
There is many a lamp that is lighted, We behold them anear and afar, But not many among them, my brother, Shine steadily on, like a star.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
This, as we know, is the intellectual sense, the sentinel that guards the body, keeping a look-out for what is afar as for what is anear.
From Children's Ways by Sully, James
From west, from east, from north and south resounds, Afar and now anear, from all thy bounds, And no surcease, "With thee be peace!"
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav
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