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   Near (nēr), adv. [AS. neár, compar. of neáh nigh. See Nigh.]
   1. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.
   
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   My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me. Milton.
   
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   2. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. “Near twenty years ago.” Shak. “Near a fortnight ago.” Addison.
   
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   Near about the yearly value of the land. Locke.
   
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   3. Closely; intimately.  Shak.
   
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   Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. -- To come near to, to want but little of; to approximate to. “Such a sum he found would go near to ruin him.”  Addison. -- Near the wind (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled.
   
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   Near (?), a. [Compar. Nearer (?); superl. Nearest.] [See Near, adv.]
   1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. “As one near death.”  Shak.
   
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   He served great Hector, and was ever near,
   
   Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. Dryden.
   
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   2. Closely connected or related.
   
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   She is thy father's near kinswoman. Lev. xviii. 12.
   
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   3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, “a near friend”.
   
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   4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, “a version near to the original”.
   
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   5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow3; as, “a near escape; a near miss”.
   
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   6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, “the near ox; the near leg”. See Off side, under Off, a.
   
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   7. Immediate; direct; close; short. “The nearest way.”  Milton.
   
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   8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.]
   
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   ☞ Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached; but more frequently to is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition.  The same is also true of the word nigh.
   
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   Syn. -- Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; familiar; dear.
   
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   Near, prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, “the ship sailed near the land”. See the Note under near, a.
   
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   Near, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neared (?); p. pr. & vb. n Nearing.] [See Near, adv.] To approach; to come nearer; as, “the ship neared the land”.
   
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   Near, v. i. To draw near; to approach.
   
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   A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist!
   
   And still it neared, and neared. Coleridge.
   
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