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nearness|ˈnɪənɪs|
Also 5–6 nerenes(se, 6–7 nearenesse, neere- neer-.
[f. near a. + -ness.]
The state, fact, or quality of being near.
1. Close kinship or relationship.
1444Reg. Mag. Sig. (1882) 63/2 For naturale affection [and] nerness of kyn and blude. 1539Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) II. 187 The mater cannot be concluded without the Bishop of Romes despensacion for nerenes of blod. 1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. ii. (1628) 29 Betweene that and this, here is no neerenesse of affinitie at all. 1660Sharrock Vegetables 66 To tell what neernesse in every kind is enough, is matter of great art. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. v. §17 No regard being had to merit..or nearness of blood. 1786Burke Art. agst. W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 131/2 From proximity of situation and nearness of connexion, [he] was likely to have any intelligence concerning his female relations from the best authority. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxiii. V. 99 If nearness of blood alone were to be regarded. 1878J. P. Hopps Rel. & Mor. Lect. xix. 61 His nearness to God as a son was a nearness we also might enjoy.
b. Close intimacy or friendship.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, ii. ii. 127 Besides our neerenesse to the King in loue, Is neere the hate of those loue not the King. 1647–8Sir C. Cotterell Davila's Hist. France (1678) 9 The king received him into the same nearness as before. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 105 In that Nearness and Intimacy, he could not but have a most perfect Knowledge of him. 1703Rowe Ulyss. i. i, He still has held him In more especial Nearness to his Heart. 1871Palgrave Lyr. Poems 73 But has love with knowledge grown, does nearness bind more nearly?
2. Proximity in space. Also fig.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 399 b, This countrie was linked unto them in great amitie,..for the nerenes therof. 1635Swan Spec. M. (1670) 37 The nearness to it, gives motion, heat, and lightness. 1756Burke Subl. & B. iv. iii, In proportion to the nearness of the cause, and the weakness of the subject. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 771 Their nearness to each other must be increased or diminished according to..the shade required. 1850Tennyson In Mem. cxvii, That out of distance might ensue Desire of nearness. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 264 The house itself had every good in it, except nearness to a stream.
3. Close resemblance or similarity.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 152 Hogs flesh..hath such a nearenesse and agrement with our bodies. 1624Bedell Lett. i. 39 The neernesse of my name to one Master William Bidulph. 1681Whole Duty Nations 14 United by nearness of Manners, Customs, and Disposition. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel (1876) 131 Media was allied to Persia..by nearness of language.
b. Close approximation (to accuracy).
1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. v. xii. 73 To come to a necessary nearness at first, [is] far surer than by uncertain guessing. 1838De Morgan Ess. Probab. 178 Pointing out, with great nearness, the law which regulates the mortality of large masses of people.
4. Parsimony, niggardliness; frugality.
1584Lodge Alarum agst. Usurers (Shaks. Soc.) 77 Some terme it thriftinesse, some neernesse, but in plaine tearmes, it is usurie. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 238 He being so percimonious and sparing in his expences, that from this his nearenesse [etc.]. 1677Govt. Venice 188 The Greeks..eat Fish for Luxury, whereas the Venetian does it for Nearness. 1856in Thornbury Turner (1862) II. 180 It was..the nearness that is capable of life-long self-sacrifice.
†5. Importance, consequence. Obs. rare—1.
1679Establ. Test 2 In a Concern of so common and universal Nearness. |