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Definition for Nearness
nearly
Nebo
nearness
, n. [see
near
, adv.]
Reality; immediacy; inevitability; inescapable potential for happening.
Closeness; proximity; communion; remembrance.
Likeness; similarity; approximation; equivalent.
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