English Explanatory Dictionary

anear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Near.
adv
  1. Nearly.
verb
  1. To approach.

Word forms

anear anears anearing aneared

Etymology

From a- (“away, off, from, of”) + near (adverb), perhaps partly after afar, anew, etc. Compare earlier (as adverb) anigh.

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