[mod. f. NIGH; app. intended as archaic by assoc. with down, adown, far, afar, etc. Cf. near, anear.]

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  A.  adv. Nigh, near.

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1868.  Morris, Earth. Par., I. Prol. 33. Ah, what a meeting as she drew a-nigh. Ibid. (1870), III. IV. 404. He came anigher to the sun.

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1869.  Mrs. Whitney, Hitherto, xxxviii. 420. Worthy to dwell anigh.

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  B.  prep. Nigh, near to.

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1773.  Gentl. Mag., XLIII. 399. So chang’d!—I hate to go a-nigh the place.

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1860.  Reade, Cloister & H., IV. 173. They must not come anigh a dying bed.

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1870.  Morris, Earth. Par., I. II. 532. No dart was cast, nor any engine bent Anigh him.

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