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anear

[ uh-neer ]

adverb

Archaic.


anear

/ əˈɪə /

preposition

  1. near
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. nearly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of anear1

1725–35; a- (semantically empty, perhaps by analogy with afar; apast ) + near
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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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