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nar adjective, adverb, & preposition. [n¨»:] obsolete exc. north. Compar. & superl. -rr-.
[Old English nearra etc. compar. of neah NIGH adverb, preposition, & adjective: in Middle English perh. partly from Old Norse naerri. Cf. NEAR adverb1 & preposition1, NEAR adverb2 & preposition2.]
A. adjective.
Nearer, closer; that is the nearer of two. OE.
a. In compar.: nearer. ME.
b. In superl.: nearest. ME.
b. adverb.
Nearer, closer. Cf. NEAR adverb1. ME.
Near, close. ME.
b. Nearly, almost. rare. ME.
C. preposition. Near or close to. ME.