anear

A1N1E1A1R1

preposition

Near.

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Meanings

anear1

preposition
  1. Near.

    the measure of misery anear us

    1860, Isaac Taylor, “(please specify the page)”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC
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    And soon I heard a roaring wind: / It did not come anear; / But with its sound it shook the sails, / That were so thin and sere.

    1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    Anear the centre of that northern crest / Stands out a level upland bleak and bare, […]

    1870–1874, James Thomson, “The City of Dreadful Night”, in The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems, London: Reeves and Turner, […], published 1880, →OCLC, part XXI, stanza 1, page 51

    As slowly, one by one, / The stars appear, / My burdened heart I lift, / And feel to God anear.

    1907, Helen Elizabeth Coolidge, Poems
adverb
  1. obsoleteNearly.

anear2

verbanear (third-person singular simple present anears, present participle anearing, simple past and past participle aneared)

present singular third person anears · participle present anearing · participle past aneared · past aneared

  1. obsoleteTo approach.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
anearst

Origin

anear · preposition, adverb

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

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anear · verb

From a- (“onward, away”; intensifying prefix) + near (verb). Compare Middle English aneiȝen.

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Translations

Ukrainian біля, майже
  • біля (obs)near/nearly(obs)
  • майже (obs)near/nearly(obs)
  • підійти (pidijty)to approach

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with anear

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Anagrams

arenaAreanAaren
Cite this entry
APA

anear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anear

MLA

“anear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anear. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anear,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anear.

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