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Definition of Narre
1. a. Nearer.
Definition of Narre
1. closer [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Narre
Literary usage of Narre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century by Louise Pound (1901)
"The northern form narre appears as late as Spenser: How be I am but rude and ...
To kerke the narre, from God more farre, | Has bene an old sayd sawe, Shep. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"To kerke the narre, from God more farre. Spent. Sk. A.,/ ../...'.,. ... Hence the
phrase "never the near," is formed from never the narre, ie, the nearer. ..."
3. Canton to Hankow Overland by Samuel William Bonney (1861)
"... Sy-narre town j|LJi£j—three Pagodas in sight—iind half an hour after noon
entered the North ... narre ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1867)
"narre=near. Quik — alive. ... Your sighs you fetch from far, And all to wry your
woe, Yet are ye ne'er the ' narre," Hen are not blinded BO. ..."
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