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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Near \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. [1913 Webster] He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Closely connected or related. [1913 Webster] She is thy father's near kinswoman. --Lev. xviii. 12. [1913 Webster] 3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend. [1913 Webster] 4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original. [1913 Webster] 5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow[3]; as, a near escape; a near miss. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 7. Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.] [1913 Webster] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; familiar; dear. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Near \Near\ (n[=e]r), adv. [AS. ne['a]r, compar. of ne['a]h nigh. See {Nigh}.] 1. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh. [1913 Webster] My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. "Near twenty years ago." --Shak. "Near a fortnight ago." --Addison. [1913 Webster] Near about the yearly value of the land. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. Closely; intimately. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Near \Near\, prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under {near}, a. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Near \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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Near \Near\, v. i. To draw near; to approach. [1913 Webster] A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: NEAR National Electronic Accounting and Reporting