Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NEAR'NESS
NEAR'NESS, n.
- Closeness; small distance. The nearness of a place to a market enhances the value of lands.
- Close alliance by blood; propinquity; as, the nearness of brothers and sisters, parents and children.
- Close union by affection; intimacy of friendship.
- Parsimony; closeness in expenses. Bacon.
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