Third person singular present tense of 'anear' in archaic English; draws near or comes close.
From the verb 'anear' plus the third person singular suffix '-s.' This archaic verb form represents how Old and Middle English formed simple present tense before modern usage replaced it.
Shakespeare might have written 'he anears the castle,' but by his time 'near' was already taking over—watching words go extinct in real time shows how every language is constantly being rewritten!
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