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Syn. -- Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous;
present; ready; intimate; dear.

Near, prep. Adjacent to; close by;
not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the
Note under near, a.

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.

Near, v. i. To draw near; to
approach.

A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist!

And still it neared, and neared.

Ne*arc"tic (?), a. [Neo +
arctic.] Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's
surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and
Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region
is marked off as the habitat certain species.

Near"hand` (?), a. & adv. Near;
near at hand; closely.


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