anear
Americanadverb
preposition
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anear
1725–35; a- (semantically empty, perhaps by analogy with afar; apast ) + near
Example Sentences
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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.
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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
Though elsewhere trouble might be rife, It would not come anear them.
From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene
You see, there's Mr. S—— I bin so busy I en't bin anear him this week for fear he should want me up there.
From Change in the Village by Sturt, George
But of thy gentleness draw thou anear, And then the heart of one who held thee dear Mayst thou behold!
From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by Morris, William
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