What is to draw near; to approach. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared. Coleridge called?
near — To draw near; to approach. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared. Coleridge. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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