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v. Simple past tense and past participle of near.

"As his term neared its end, Olmert made some of the bravest declarations ever by a prime minister about the need to end the occupation and reach an agreement - but now that has turned out to be a fraud."

stingy    ungenerous    close    unreal    artificial    left    warm    hot    nearby    adjacent   

remote    far from   

neared    nearing    nearness    nears   

never the near    near! no nearer!    near hand   

off   

neared    nearing    nearsighted   

nigh    nearly    almost    well-nigh    closely    intimately    familiar    present    intimate    proximate   

Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   

nearby    distant    very    narrow    central    far    next    small    hard    d-marks