anear · preposition, adverb1
From a- (“away, off, from, of”) + near (adverb), perhaps partly after afar, anew, etc. Compare earlier (as adverb) anigh.
anear · verb2
From a- (“onward, away”; intensifying prefix) + near (verb). Compare Middle English aneiȝen.
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